#CBCB23#CBCB23

#CBCB23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.170 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCB23
RGB	rgb(203, 203, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 82.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -17.59, 74.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 76.59, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0572 0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.17 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2897, 55.5312, 9.8700)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCB23 #2323CB

analogous

#CB7723 #CBCB23 #77CB23

triadic

#CBCB23 #23CBCB #CB23CB

tetradic

#CBCB23 #23CB77 #2323CB #CB2377

square

#CBCB23 #23CB77 #2323CB #CB2377

split-complementary

#CBCB23 #2377CB #7723CB

monochromatic

#636311 #97971A #CBCB23 #E0E04B #E9E97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBCB23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#CBCB23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCB23

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCB23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCB23	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcb23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 203, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.170 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda70',
    500: '#cbcb23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcb23;
$custom-light: #dfda70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcb23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81593,
    "c": 0.17017,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCB23

secondary

#25256D

accent

#3AED3A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCB23

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

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