#CBC74B#CBC74B

#CBC74B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.144 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC74B
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 63.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -13.81, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 62.00, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0431 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.144 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3236, 54.0528, 14.6483)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC74B #4B4FCB

analogous

#CB874B #CBC74B #8FCB4B

triadic

#CBC74B #4BCBC7 #C74BCB

tetradic

#CBC74B #4BCB87 #4B4FCB #CB4B8F

square

#CBC74B #4BCB87 #4B4FCB #CB4B8F

split-complementary

#CBC74B #4B8FCB #874BCB

monochromatic

#797623 #A8A431 #CBC74B #D9D67A #E6E5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CBC74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC74B

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC74B	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)

#D7C03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.144 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded783',
    500: '#cbc74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc74b;
$custom-light: #ded783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80983,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC74B

secondary

#393B81

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC74B

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

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