#CBC842#CBC842

#CBC842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.151 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC842
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -14.84, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 65.93, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0469 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.151 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2679, 54.3999, 13.2162)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC842 #4245CB

analogous

#CB8342 #CBC842 #8ACB42

triadic

#CBC842 #42CBC8 #C842CB

tetradic

#CBC842 #42CB83 #4245CB #CB428A

square

#CBC842 #42CB83 #4245CB #CB428A

split-complementary

#CBC842 #428ACB #8342CB

monochromatic

#737120 #A3A02D #CBC842 #D8D672 #E5E4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CBC842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC842

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC842	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)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.151 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded87e',
    500: '#cbc842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc842;
$custom-light: #ded87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81123,
    "c": 0.15122,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC842

secondary

#35377C

accent

#4BE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC842

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

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