#CBC962#CBC962

#CBC962 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.126 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC962
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 51.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -13.14, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 52.71, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0387 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.126 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7211, 55.3529, 19.7233)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC962 #6264CB

analogous

#CB9562 #CBC962 #99CB62

triadic

#CBC962 #62CBC9 #C962CB

tetradic

#CBC962 #62CB95 #6264CB #CB6299

square

#CBC962 #62CB95 #6264CB #CB6299

split-complementary

#CBC962 #6299CB #9562CB

monochromatic

#86842C #B4B23C #CBC962 #DAD990 #E9E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CBC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CBC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC962

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC962	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.126 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd991',
    500: '#cbc962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc962;
$custom-light: #ddd991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 50.239,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81651,
    "c": 0.126,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC962

secondary

#44458D

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC962

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

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