#CBC742#CBC742

#CBC742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.150 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC742
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -14.34, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 65.56, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0455 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.15 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0371, 53.9382, 13.1393)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC742 #4246CB

analogous

#CB8242 #CBC742 #8BCB42

triadic

#CBC742 #42CBC7 #C742CB

tetradic

#CBC742 #42CB82 #4246CB #CB428B

square

#CBC742 #42CB82 #4246CB #CB428B

split-complementary

#CBC742 #428BCB #8242CB

monochromatic

#737120 #A3A02D #CBC742 #D8D572 #E5E3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CBC742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC742

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC742	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.150 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded77e',
    500: '#cbc742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc742;
$custom-light: #ded77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80908,
    "c": 0.15024,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC742

secondary

#35377C

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC742

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

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