#CBC94F#CBC94F

#CBC94F 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 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC94F
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 61.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -14.56, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 61.13, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0448 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.143 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9280, 55.0357, 15.5466)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC94F #4F51CB

analogous

#CB8B4F #CBC94F #8FCB4F

triadic

#CBC94F #4FCBC9 #C94FCB

tetradic

#CBC94F #4FCB8B #4F51CB #CB4F8F

square

#CBC94F #4FCB8B #4F51CB #CB4F8F

split-complementary

#CBC94F #4F8FCB #8B4FCB

monochromatic

#7B7A24 #AAA932 #CBC94F #D9D77E #E7E6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CBC94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC94F

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC94F	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.143 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded986',
    500: '#cbc94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc94f;
$custom-light: #ded986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81447,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC94F

secondary

#3B3C83

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC94F

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

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