#CBC941#CBC941

#CBC941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.153 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC941
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 68%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -15.40, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 66.69, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0486 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.153 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4710, 54.8529, 13.1397)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC941 #4143CB

analogous

#CB8441 #CBC941 #88CB41

triadic

#CBC941 #41CBC9 #C941CB

tetradic

#CBC941 #41CB84 #4143CB #CB4188

square

#CBC941 #41CB84 #4143CB #CB4188

split-complementary

#CBC941 #4188CB #8441CB

monochromatic

#72711F #A2A12C #CBC941 #D8D771 #E5E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#CBC941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC941

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC941	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.153 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97e',
    500: '#cbc941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc941;
$custom-light: #ded97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8133,
    "c": 0.15288,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC941

secondary

#35367B

accent

#4AE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC941

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

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