#CBCB36#CBCB36

#CBCB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.162 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCB36
RGB	rgb(203, 203, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -16.92, 69.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 71.28, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0539 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.162 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6521, 55.6761, 11.7784)
Luminance	0.5567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCB36 #3636CB

analogous

#CB8036 #CBCB36 #80CB36

triadic

#CBCB36 #36CBCB #CB36CB

tetradic

#CBCB36 #36CB80 #3636CB #CB3680

square

#CBCB36 #36CB80 #3636CB #CB3680

split-complementary

#CBCB36 #3680CB #8036CB

monochromatic

#6B6B1C #9C9C28 #CBCB36 #D8D867 #E4E497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBCB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#CBCB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCB36

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCB36	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 203, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.162 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda78',
    500: '#cbcb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcb36;
$custom-light: #dfda78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81686,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCB36

secondary

#313175

accent

#46E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCB36

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

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