#CBC74F#CBC74F

#CBC74F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.141 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC74F
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 61.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -13.56, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 60.33, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0419 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.141 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4648, 54.1093, 15.3922)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC74F #4F53CB

analogous

#CB894F #CBC74F #91CB4F

triadic

#CBC74F #4FCBC7 #C74FCB

tetradic

#CBC74F #4FCB89 #4F53CB #CB4F91

square

#CBC74F #4FCB89 #4F53CB #CB4F91

split-complementary

#CBC74F #4F91CB #894FCB

monochromatic

#7B7824 #AAA732 #CBC74F #D9D67E #E7E5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CBC74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC74F

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC74F	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)

#D7C041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.141 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded785',
    500: '#cbc74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc74f;
$custom-light: #ded785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8102,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC74F

secondary

#3B3D83

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC74F

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

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