#CBC950#CBC950

#CBC950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.142 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC950
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -14.50, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 60.71, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0445 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.142 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9647, 55.0503, 15.7397)
Luminance	0.5505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC950 #5052CB

analogous

#CB8B50 #CBC950 #90CB50

triadic

#CBC950 #50CBC9 #C950CB

tetradic

#CBC950 #50CB8B #5052CB #CB5090

square

#CBC950 #50CB8B #5052CB #CB5090

split-complementary

#CBC950 #5090CB #8B50CB

monochromatic

#7C7A25 #ABA933 #CBC950 #D9D87F #E7E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CBC950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC950

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC950	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)

#D8C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.142 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded986',
    500: '#cbc950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc950;
$custom-light: #ded986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81457,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC950

secondary

#3B3D84

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC950

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

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