#CBCC40#CBCC40

#CBCC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.157 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCC40
RGB	rgb(203, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -16.95, 66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 68.19, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.053 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.157 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1485, 56.2537, 13.2239)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCC40 #4140CC

analogous

#CC8740 #CBCC40 #85CC40

triadic

#CBCC40 #40CBCC #CC40CB

tetradic

#CBCC40 #40CC87 #4140CC #CC4085

square

#CBCC40 #40CC87 #4140CC #CC4085

split-complementary

#CBCC40 #4085CC #8740CC

monochromatic

#72731F #A2A32C #CBCC40 #D8D970 #E5E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CBCC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#CBCC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCC40

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCC40	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.157 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb7d',
    500: '#cbcc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcc40;
$custom-light: #dedb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81967,
    "c": 0.15651,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCC40

secondary

#35347C

accent

#47E148

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCC40

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

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