#CBCB42#CBCB42

#CBCB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.154 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCB42
RGB	rgb(203, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -16.34, 65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 67.07, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0511 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.154 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9695, 55.8031, 13.4501)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCB42 #4242CB

analogous

#CB8642 #CBCB42 #86CB42

triadic

#CBCB42 #42CBCB #CB42CB

tetradic

#CBCB42 #42CB86 #4242CB #CB4286

square

#CBCB42 #42CB86 #4242CB #CB4286

split-complementary

#CBCB42 #4286CB #8642CB

monochromatic

#737320 #A3A32D #CBCB42 #D8D872 #E5E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBCB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#CBCB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCB42

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCB42	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.154 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deda7e',
    500: '#cbcb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcb42;
$custom-light: #deda7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81767,
    "c": 0.15419,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCB42

secondary

#35357C

accent

#48E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCB42

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

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