#CBCC37#CBCC37

#CBCC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; 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	#CBCC37
RGB	rgb(203, 204, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -17.38, 69.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 71.31, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0551 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.162 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9127, 56.1594, 11.9823)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCC37 #3837CC

analogous

#CC8237 #CBCC37 #80CC37

triadic

#CBCC37 #37CBCC #CC37CB

tetradic

#CBCC37 #37CC82 #3837CC #CC3780

square

#CBCC37 #37CC82 #3837CC #CC3780

split-complementary

#CBCC37 #3780CC #8237CC

monochromatic

#6C6D1C #9D9E28 #CBCC37 #D8D868 #E4E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CBCC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#CBCC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCC37

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCC37	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)

#DCC317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 204, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.162 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb79',
    500: '#cbcc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcc37;
$custom-light: #dfdb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.403,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81908,
    "c": 0.16193,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCC37

secondary

#313176

accent

#45E346

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCC37

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

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