#CBC849#CBC849

#CBC849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.146 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC849
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -14.44, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 63.20, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0451 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.146 108)
XYZ	xyz(46.4870, 54.4875, 14.3704)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC849 #494CCB

analogous

#CB8749 #CBC849 #8DCB49

triadic

#CBC849 #49CBC8 #C849CB

tetradic

#CBC849 #49CB87 #494CCB #CB498D

square

#CBC849 #49CB87 #494CCB #CB498D

split-complementary

#CBC849 #498DCB #8749CB

monochromatic

#777522 #A7A430 #CBC849 #D9D679 #E6E5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CBC849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC849

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC849	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.146 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded882',
    500: '#cbc849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc849;
$custom-light: #ded882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81179,
    "c": 0.14626,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.54486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC849

secondary

#383A80

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC849

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

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