#CBC74A#CBC74A

#CBC74A 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 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC74A
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 63.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -13.88, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 62.41, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0434 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.145 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2896, 54.0392, 14.4695)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC74A #4A4ECB

analogous

#CB874A #CBC74A #8ECB4A

triadic

#CBC74A #4ACBC7 #C74ACB

tetradic

#CBC74A #4ACB87 #4A4ECB #CB4A8E

square

#CBC74A #4ACB87 #4A4ECB #CB4A8E

split-complementary

#CBC74A #4A8ECB #874ACB

monochromatic

#787523 #A8A430 #CBC74A #D9D67A #E6E4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CBC74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC74A

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC74A	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.145 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded782',
    500: '#cbc74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc74a;
$custom-light: #ded782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80974,
    "c": 0.14451,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC74A

secondary

#393B80

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC74A

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

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