#CBC938#CBC938

#CBC938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.158 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC938
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -15.84, 68.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 69.89, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0507 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.158 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2308, 54.7568, 11.8745)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC938 #383ACB

analogous

#CB7F38 #CBC938 #83CB38

triadic

#CBC938 #38CBC9 #C938CB

tetradic

#CBC938 #38CB7F #383ACB #CB3883

square

#CBC938 #38CB7F #383ACB #CB3883

split-complementary

#CBC938 #3883CB #7F38CB

monochromatic

#6C6B1C #9D9B29 #CBC938 #D8D669 #E4E399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CBC938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CBC938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC938

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC938	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)

#DAC11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.158 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd979',
    500: '#cbc938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc938;
$custom-light: #dfd979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.184,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81268,
    "c": 0.15845,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC938

secondary

#313276

accent

#48E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC938

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

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