#CBC740#CBC740

#CBC740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.152 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC740
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -14.45, 64.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 66.31, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.046 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.152 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9791, 53.9150, 12.8341)
Luminance	0.5391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC740 #4044CB

analogous

#CB8140 #CBC740 #8ACB40

triadic

#CBC740 #40CBC7 #C740CB

tetradic

#CBC740 #40CB81 #4044CB #CB408A

square

#CBC740 #40CB81 #4044CB #CB408A

split-complementary

#CBC740 #408ACB #8140CB

monochromatic

#726F1F #A29E2C #CBC740 #D8D570 #E5E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CBC740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC740

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC740	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.152 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded77d',
    500: '#cbc740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc740;
$custom-light: #ded77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80893,
    "c": 0.15158,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC740

secondary

#35377B

accent

#4CE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC740

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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