#CBCB46#CBCB46

#CBCB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.151 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCB46
RGB	rgb(203, 203, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -16.12, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 65.55, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0501 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.151 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0916, 55.8519, 14.0930)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCB46 #4646CB

analogous

#CB8846 #CBCB46 #88CB46

triadic

#CBCB46 #46CBCB #CB46CB

tetradic

#CBCB46 #46CB88 #4646CB #CB4688

square

#CBCB46 #46CB88 #4646CB #CB4688

split-complementary

#CBCB46 #4688CB #8846CB

monochromatic

#767621 #A5A52E #CBCB46 #D8D876 #E6E6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBCB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#CBCB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCB46

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCB46	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 203, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.151 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deda81',
    500: '#cbcb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcb46;
$custom-light: #deda81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81798,
    "c": 0.15146,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCB46

secondary

#37377E

accent

#48DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCB46

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

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