#CBCA36#CBCA36

#CBCA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.161 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCA36
RGB	rgb(203, 202, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 73.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -16.42, 68.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 70.91, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0525 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.161 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4167, 55.2053, 11.6999)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCA36 #3637CB

analogous

#CB7F36 #CBCA36 #82CB36

triadic

#CBCA36 #36CBCA #CA36CB

tetradic

#CBCA36 #36CB7F #3637CB #CB3682

square

#CBCA36 #36CB7F #3637CB #CB3682

split-complementary

#CBCA36 #3682CB #7F36CB

monochromatic

#6B6A1C #9C9B28 #CBCA36 #D8D767 #E4E497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CBCA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CBCA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCA36

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCA36	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbca36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 202, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.161 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd978',
    500: '#cbca36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbca36;
$custom-light: #dfd978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbca36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.597,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8147,
    "c": 0.16053,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCA36

secondary

#313175

accent

#47E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCA36

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

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