#CBCA42#CBCA42

#CBCA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.153 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCA42
RGB	rgb(203, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -15.84, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 66.69, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0497 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.153 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7341, 55.3323, 13.3716)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCA42 #4243CB

analogous

#CB8542 #CBCA42 #87CB42

triadic

#CBCA42 #42CBCA #CA42CB

tetradic

#CBCA42 #42CB85 #4243CB #CB4287

square

#CBCA42 #42CB85 #4243CB #CB4287

split-complementary

#CBCA42 #4287CB #8542CB

monochromatic

#737220 #A3A22D #CBCA42 #D8D772 #E5E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CBCA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CBCA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCA42

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCA42	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)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.153 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97e',
    500: '#cbca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbca42;
$custom-light: #ded97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81552,
    "c": 0.1532,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCA42

secondary

#35367C

accent

#49E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCA42

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

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