#CBC944#CBC944

#CBC944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.151 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC944
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 66.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -15.23, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 65.55, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0478 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.151 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5602, 54.8886, 13.6096)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC944 #4446CB

analogous

#CB8544 #CBC944 #89CB44

triadic

#CBC944 #44CBC9 #C944CB

tetradic

#CBC944 #44CB85 #4446CB #CB4489

square

#CBC944 #44CB85 #4446CB #CB4489

split-complementary

#CBC944 #4489CB #8544CB

monochromatic

#747320 #A4A22E #CBC944 #D8D774 #E6E5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CBC944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC944

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC944	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.151 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97f',
    500: '#cbc944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc944;
$custom-light: #ded97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81353,
    "c": 0.15084,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC944

secondary

#36377D

accent

#4AE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC944

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

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