#CBC74D#CBC74D

#CBC74D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.142 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC74D
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 77)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 62.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -13.69, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 61.17, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0425 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.142 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3931, 54.0806, 15.0145)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC74D #4D51CB

analogous

#CB884D #CBC74D #90CB4D

triadic

#CBC74D #4DCBC7 #C74DCB

tetradic

#CBC74D #4DCB88 #4D51CB #CB4D90

square

#CBC74D #4DCB88 #4D51CB #CB4D90

split-complementary

#CBC74D #4D90CB #884DCB

monochromatic

#7A7724 #A9A631 #CBC74D #D9D67C #E7E5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CBC74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC74D

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC74D	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.142 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded784',
    500: '#cbc74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc74d;
$custom-light: #ded784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81001,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC74D

secondary

#3A3C82

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC74D

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

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