#CBC838#CBC838

#CBC838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.157 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC838
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -15.34, 67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 69.53, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0493 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.157 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9984, 54.2921, 11.7970)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC838 #383BCB

analogous

#CB7F38 #CBC838 #84CB38

triadic

#CBC838 #38CBC8 #C838CB

tetradic

#CBC838 #38CB7F #383BCB #CB3884

square

#CBC838 #38CB7F #383BCB #CB3884

split-complementary

#CBC838 #3884CB #7F38CB

monochromatic

#6C6B1C #9D9A29 #CBC838 #D8D569 #E4E399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CBC838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC838

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC838	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.157 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd879',
    500: '#cbc838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc838;
$custom-light: #dfd879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81053,
    "c": 0.15749,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC838

secondary

#313376

accent

#49E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC838

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

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