#CBC74E#CBC74E

#CBC74E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.141 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC74E
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 61.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -13.62, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 60.75, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0422 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.141 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4287, 54.0948, 15.2019)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC74E #4E52CB

analogous

#CB884E #CBC74E #90CB4E

triadic

#CBC74E #4ECBC7 #C74ECB

tetradic

#CBC74E #4ECB88 #4E52CB #CB4E90

square

#CBC74E #4ECB88 #4E52CB #CB4E90

split-complementary

#CBC74E #4E90CB #884ECB

monochromatic

#7B7824 #AAA632 #CBC74E #D9D67D #E7E5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CBC74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC74E

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC74E	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)

#D7C03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.141 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded785',
    500: '#cbc74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc74e;
$custom-light: #ded785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8101,
    "c": 0.14141,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC74E

secondary

#3A3D83

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC74E

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

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