#CBC749#CBC749

#CBC749 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.145 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC749
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -13.94, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 62.81, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0437 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.145 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2562, 54.0259, 14.2935)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC749 #494DCB

analogous

#CB8649 #CBC749 #8ECB49

triadic

#CBC749 #49CBC7 #C749CB

tetradic

#CBC749 #49CB86 #494DCB #CB498E

square

#CBC749 #49CB86 #494DCB #CB498E

split-complementary

#CBC749 #498ECB #8649CB

monochromatic

#777522 #A7A330 #CBC749 #D9D679 #E6E4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CBC749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC749

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC749	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.145 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded782',
    500: '#cbc749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc749;
$custom-light: #ded782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80965,
    "c": 0.14526,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC749

secondary

#383A80

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC749

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

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