#CBC848#CBC848

#CBC848 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.147 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC848
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -14.50, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 63.60, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0453 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.147 108)
XYZ	xyz(46.4542, 54.4744, 14.1972)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC848 #484BCB

analogous

#CB8748 #CBC848 #8DCB48

triadic

#CBC848 #48CBC8 #C848CB

tetradic

#CBC848 #48CB87 #484BCB #CB488D

square

#CBC848 #48CB87 #484BCB #CB488D

split-complementary

#CBC848 #488DCB #8748CB

monochromatic

#777522 #A6A42F #CBC848 #D9D678 #E6E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#CBC848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC848

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC848	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.147 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded881',
    500: '#cbc848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc848;
$custom-light: #ded881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81171,
    "c": 0.14699,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.54473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC848

secondary

#38397F

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC848

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

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