#CBC936#CBC936

#CBC936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.160 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC936
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 73.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -15.93, 68.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 70.55, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0511 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.16 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1828, 54.7376, 11.6220)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC936 #3638CB

analogous

#CB7F36 #CBC936 #82CB36

triadic

#CBC936 #36CBC9 #C936CB

tetradic

#CBC936 #36CB7F #3638CB #CB3682

square

#CBC936 #36CB7F #3638CB #CB3682

split-complementary

#CBC936 #3682CB #7F36CB

monochromatic

#6B6A1C #9C9A28 #CBC936 #D8D667 #E4E397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CBC936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CBC936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC936

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC936	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)

#DAC117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.160 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd978',
    500: '#cbc936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc936;
$custom-light: #dfd978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.195,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81255,
    "c": 0.15958,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC936

secondary

#313175

accent

#48E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC936

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

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