#CBC82E#CBC82E

#CBC82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.163 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC82E
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 77.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -15.74, 70.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 72.69, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0513 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.163 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7778, 54.2038, 10.6352)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC82E #2E31CB

analogous

#CB7A2E #CBC82E #7FCB2E

triadic

#CBC82E #2ECBC8 #C82ECB

tetradic

#CBC82E #2ECB7A #2E31CB #CB2E7F

square

#CBC82E #2ECB7A #2E31CB #CB2E7F

split-complementary

#CBC82E #2E7FCB #7A2ECB

monochromatic

#676617 #999723 #CBC82E #DAD85C #E5E48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CBC82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC82E

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC82E	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.163 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd874',
    500: '#cbc82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc82e;
$custom-light: #dfd874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.854,
    "s": 63.052,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80995,
    "c": 0.16276,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC82E

secondary

#2C2D71

accent

#45E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC82E

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

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