#CBC948#CBC948

#CBC948 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.148 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC948
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -15.00, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 63.99, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0468 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.148 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6865, 54.9391, 14.2747)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC948 #484ACB

analogous

#CB8848 #CBC948 #8CCB48

triadic

#CBC948 #48CBC9 #C948CB

tetradic

#CBC948 #48CB88 #484ACB #CB488C

square

#CBC948 #48CB88 #484ACB #CB488C

split-complementary

#CBC948 #488CCB #8848CB

monochromatic

#777622 #A6A52F #CBC948 #D9D778 #E6E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#CBC948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC948

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC948	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.148 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded981',
    500: '#cbc948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc948;
$custom-light: #ded981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81385,
    "c": 0.14799,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC948

secondary

#38397F

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC948

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

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