#CBCC36#CBCC36

#CBCC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.162 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCC36
RGB	rgb(203, 204, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -17.42, 69.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 71.64, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0553 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.162 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8890, 56.1500, 11.8574)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCC36 #3736CC

analogous

#CC8236 #CBCC36 #80CC36

triadic

#CBCC36 #36CBCC #CC36CB

tetradic

#CBCC36 #36CC82 #3736CC #CC3680

square

#CBCC36 #36CC82 #3736CC #CC3680

split-complementary

#CBCC36 #3680CC #8236CC

monochromatic

#6C6C1B #9C9D28 #CBCC36 #D8D867 #E4E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CBCC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#CBCC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCC36

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCC36	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 204, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.162 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb78',
    500: '#cbcc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcc36;
$custom-light: #dfdb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81901,
    "c": 0.16248,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCC36

secondary

#313076

accent

#45E346

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCC36

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

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