#CBC836#CBC836

#CBC836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.159 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC836
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 73.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -15.42, 68.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 70.19, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0497 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.159 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9505, 54.2729, 11.5445)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC836 #3639CB

analogous

#CB7D36 #CBC836 #83CB36

triadic

#CBC836 #36CBC8 #C836CB

tetradic

#CBC836 #36CB7D #3639CB #CB3683

square

#CBC836 #36CB7D #3639CB #CB3683

split-complementary

#CBC836 #3683CB #7D36CB

monochromatic

#6B691C #9C9928 #CBC836 #D8D567 #E4E397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CBC836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC836

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC836	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.159 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd878',
    500: '#cbc836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc836;
$custom-light: #dfd878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.792,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8104,
    "c": 0.15862,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC836

secondary

#313275

accent

#49E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC836

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

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