#CBC840#CBC840

#CBC840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.153 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC840
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -14.95, 64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 66.68, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0474 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.153 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2100, 54.3767, 12.9111)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC840 #4043CB

analogous

#CB8340 #CBC840 #89CB40

triadic

#CBC840 #40CBC8 #C840CB

tetradic

#CBC840 #40CB83 #4043CB #CB4089

square

#CBC840 #40CB83 #4043CB #CB4089

split-complementary

#CBC840 #4089CB #8340CB

monochromatic

#72701F #A29F2C #CBC840 #D8D670 #E5E4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CBC840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC840

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC840	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.153 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded87d',
    500: '#cbc840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc840;
$custom-light: #ded87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81108,
    "c": 0.15255,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC840

secondary

#35367B

accent

#4BE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC840

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

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