#CBC94E#CBC94E

#CBC94E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.143 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC94E
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 61.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -14.63, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 61.54, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0451 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.143 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8919, 55.0212, 15.3563)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC94E #4E50CB

analogous

#CB8A4E #CBC94E #8ECB4E

triadic

#CBC94E #4ECBC9 #C94ECB

tetradic

#CBC94E #4ECB8A #4E50CB #CB4E8E

square

#CBC94E #4ECB8A #4E50CB #CB4E8E

split-complementary

#CBC94E #4E8ECB #8A4ECB

monochromatic

#7B7924 #AAA832 #CBC94E #D9D77D #E7E6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#CBC94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC94E

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC94E	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)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.143 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded985',
    500: '#cbc94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc94e;
$custom-light: #ded985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81438,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC94E

secondary

#3A3C83

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC94E

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

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