#CBC83B#CBC83B

#CBC83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.156 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC83B
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -15.20, 66.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 68.49, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0486 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.156 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0740, 54.3223, 12.1951)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC83B #3B3ECB

analogous

#CB803B #CBC83B #86CB3B

triadic

#CBC83B #3BCBC8 #C83BCB

tetradic

#CBC83B #3BCB80 #3B3ECB #CB3B86

square

#CBC83B #3BCB80 #3B3ECB #CB3B86

split-complementary

#CBC83B #3B86CB #803BCB

monochromatic

#6E6D1D #9F9C2A #CBC83B #D8D66B #E5E39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CBC83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC83B

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC83B	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)

#D8C022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.156 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded87a',
    500: '#cbc83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc83b;
$custom-light: #ded87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81072,
    "c": 0.15572,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC83B

secondary

#333478

accent

#4AE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC83B

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

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