#CBCB39#CBCB39

#CBCB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.160 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCB39
RGB	rgb(203, 203, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -16.79, 68.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 70.28, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0533 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.16 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7247, 55.7052, 12.1610)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCB39 #3939CB

analogous

#CB8239 #CBCB39 #82CB39

triadic

#CBCB39 #39CBCB #CB39CB

tetradic

#CBCB39 #39CB82 #3939CB #CB3982

square

#CBCB39 #39CB82 #3939CB #CB3982

split-complementary

#CBCB39 #3982CB #8239CB

monochromatic

#6D6D1D #9D9D29 #CBCB39 #D8D869 #E4E49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBCB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#CBCB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCB39

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCB39	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)

#DBC21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 203, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.160 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda7a',
    500: '#cbcb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcb39;
$custom-light: #dfda7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81704,
    "c": 0.15981,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCB39

secondary

#323276

accent

#46E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCB39

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

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