#CBCB48#CBCB48

#CBCB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.150 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCB48
RGB	rgb(203, 203, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -16.00, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 64.77, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0496 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.15 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.1558, 55.8776, 14.4311)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCB48 #4848CB

analogous

#CB8A48 #CBCB48 #8ACB48

triadic

#CBCB48 #48CBCB #CB48CB

tetradic

#CBCB48 #48CB8A #4848CB #CB488A

square

#CBCB48 #48CB8A #4848CB #CB488A

split-complementary

#CBCB48 #488ACB #8A48CB

monochromatic

#777722 #A6A62F #CBCB48 #D9D978 #E6E6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CBCB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#CBCB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCB48

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCB48	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 203, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.150 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deda82',
    500: '#cbcb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcb48;
$custom-light: #deda82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81814,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCB48

secondary

#38387F

accent

#49DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCB48

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

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