#CBC94D#CBC94D

#CBC94D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.144 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC94D
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 62.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -14.69, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 61.96, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0454 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.144 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8563, 55.0070, 15.1689)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC94D #4D4FCB

analogous

#CB8A4D #CBC94D #8ECB4D

triadic

#CBC94D #4DCBC9 #C94DCB

tetradic

#CBC94D #4DCB8A #4D4FCB #CB4D8E

square

#CBC94D #4DCB8A #4D4FCB #CB4D8E

split-complementary

#CBC94D #4D8ECB #8A4DCB

monochromatic

#7A7924 #A9A731 #CBC94D #D9D77C #E7E6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#CBC94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC94D

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC94D	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)

#D9C13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.144 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded984',
    500: '#cbc94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc94d;
$custom-light: #ded984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81429,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC94D

secondary

#3A3B82

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC94D

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

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