#CBC949#CBC949

#CBC949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.147 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC949
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -14.94, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 63.59, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0465 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.147 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7194, 54.9522, 14.4479)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC949 #494BCB

analogous

#CB8849 #CBC949 #8CCB49

triadic

#CBC949 #49CBC9 #C949CB

tetradic

#CBC949 #49CB88 #494BCB #CB498C

square

#CBC949 #49CB88 #494BCB #CB498C

split-complementary

#CBC949 #498CCB #8849CB

monochromatic

#777622 #A7A530 #CBC949 #D9D779 #E6E5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#CBC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC949

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC949	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)

#D9C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.147 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded982',
    500: '#cbc949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc949;
$custom-light: #ded982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81394,
    "c": 0.14726,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC949

secondary

#383980

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC949

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

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