#CBCC38#CBCC38

#CBCC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.161 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCC38
RGB	rgb(203, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -17.33, 68.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 70.98, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0549 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.161 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9370, 56.1691, 12.1099)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCC38 #3938CC

analogous

#CC8338 #CBCC38 #81CC38

triadic

#CBCC38 #38CBCC #CC38CB

tetradic

#CBCC38 #38CC83 #3938CC #CC3881

square

#CBCC38 #38CC83 #3938CC #CC3881

split-complementary

#CBCC38 #3881CC #8338CC

monochromatic

#6D6E1C #9D9E29 #CBCC38 #D8D869 #E4E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CBCC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#CBCC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCC38

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCC38	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)

#DCC31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.161 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb79',
    500: '#cbcc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcc38;
$custom-light: #dfdb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.405,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81914,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCC38

secondary

#323177

accent

#45E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCC38

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

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