#CBC94B#CBC94B

#CBC94B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.146 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC94B
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 63.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -14.82, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 62.78, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0459 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.146 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7868, 54.9792, 14.8027)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC94B #4B4DCB

analogous

#CB894B #CBC94B #8DCB4B

triadic

#CBC94B #4BCBC9 #C94BCB

tetradic

#CBC94B #4BCB89 #4B4DCB #CB4B8D

square

#CBC94B #4BCB89 #4B4DCB #CB4B8D

split-complementary

#CBC94B #4B8DCB #894BCB

monochromatic

#797723 #A8A631 #CBC94B #D9D77A #E6E5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#CBC94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC94B

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC94B	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.146 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded983',
    500: '#cbc94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc94b;
$custom-light: #ded983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81411,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC94B

secondary

#393A81

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC94B

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

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