#CBC839#CBC839

#CBC839 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	#CBC839
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 71.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -15.29, 67.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 69.18, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0491 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.157 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0231, 54.3020, 11.9271)
Luminance	0.5430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC839 #393CCB

analogous

#CB7F39 #CBC839 #85CB39

triadic

#CBC839 #39CBC8 #C839CB

tetradic

#CBC839 #39CB7F #393CCB #CB3985

square

#CBC839 #39CB7F #393CCB #CB3985

split-complementary

#CBC839 #3985CB #7F39CB

monochromatic

#6D6B1D #9D9B29 #CBC839 #D8D569 #E4E39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CBC839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC839

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC839	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)

#D9C01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.157 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd879',
    500: '#cbc839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc839;
$custom-light: #dfd879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.767,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81059,
    "c": 0.15691,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC839

secondary

#323376

accent

#49E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC839

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

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