#CBC937#CBC937

#CBC937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.159 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC937
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 72.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -15.88, 68.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 70.22, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0509 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.159 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2066, 54.7471, 11.7469)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC937 #3739CB

analogous

#CB7F37 #CBC937 #83CB37

triadic

#CBC937 #37CBC9 #C937CB

tetradic

#CBC937 #37CB7F #3739CB #CB3783

square

#CBC937 #37CB7F #3739CB #CB3783

split-complementary

#CBC937 #3783CB #7F37CB

monochromatic

#6C6B1C #9C9B29 #CBC937 #D8D668 #E4E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CBC937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CBC937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC937

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC937	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)

#DAC119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.159 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd978',
    500: '#cbc937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc937;
$custom-light: #dfd978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81261,
    "c": 0.15902,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC937

secondary

#313275

accent

#48E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC937

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

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