#CBC935#CBC935

#CBC935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.160 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC935
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 73.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -15.97, 69.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 70.88, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0513 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.16 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1596, 54.7283, 11.4996)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC935 #3537CB

analogous

#CB7E35 #CBC935 #82CB35

triadic

#CBC935 #35CBC9 #C935CB

tetradic

#CBC935 #35CB7E #3537CB #CB3582

square

#CBC935 #35CB7E #3537CB #CB3582

split-complementary

#CBC935 #3582CB #7E35CB

monochromatic

#6A691B #9B9928 #CBC935 #D8D666 #E4E396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CBC935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CBC935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC935

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC935	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.160 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd977',
    500: '#cbc935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc935;
$custom-light: #dfd977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81249,
    "c": 0.16013,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC935

secondary

#303174

accent

#48E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC935

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

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