#CBC93B#CBC93B

#CBC93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.157 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC93B
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -15.70, 67.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 68.86, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.05 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.157 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3064, 54.7870, 12.2725)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC93B #3B3DCB

analogous

#CB813B #CBC93B #85CB3B

triadic

#CBC93B #3BCBC9 #C93BCB

tetradic

#CBC93B #3BCB81 #3B3DCB #CB3B85

square

#CBC93B #3BCB81 #3B3DCB #CB3B85

split-complementary

#CBC93B #3B85CB #813BCB

monochromatic

#6E6D1D #9F9D2A #CBC93B #D8D66B #E5E49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CBC93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#CBC93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC93B

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC93B	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.157 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97a',
    500: '#cbc93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc93b;
$custom-light: #ded97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81287,
    "c": 0.15668,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC93B

secondary

#333378

accent

#49E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC93B

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

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