#CBCA3B#CBCA3B

#CBCA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.158 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCA3B
RGB	rgb(203, 202, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -16.20, 67.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 69.22, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0514 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.158 109)
XYZ	xyz(46.5402, 55.2548, 12.3505)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCA3B #3B3CCB

analogous

#CB823B #CBCA3B #84CB3B

triadic

#CBCA3B #3BCBCA #CA3BCB

tetradic

#CBCA3B #3BCB82 #3B3CCB #CB3B84

square

#CBCA3B #3BCB82 #3B3CCB #CB3B84

split-complementary

#CBCA3B #3B84CB #823BCB

monochromatic

#6E6E1D #9F9E2A #CBCA3B #D8D76B #E5E49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CBCA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CBCA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCA3B

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCA3B	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbca3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 202, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.158 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97b',
    500: '#cbca3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbca3b;
$custom-light: #ded97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbca3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.583,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81502,
    "c": 0.15765,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.55253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCA3B

secondary

#333378

accent

#48E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCA3B

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

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