#CBCC42#CBCC42

#CBCC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.155 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCC42
RGB	rgb(203, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -16.84, 65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 67.46, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0525 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.155 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2064, 56.2769, 13.5290)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCC42 #4342CC

analogous

#CC8842 #CBCC42 #86CC42

triadic

#CBCC42 #42CBCC #CC42CB

tetradic

#CBCC42 #42CC88 #4342CC #CC4286

square

#CBCC42 #42CC88 #4342CC #CC4286

split-complementary

#CBCC42 #4286CC #8842CC

monochromatic

#74741F #A4A42C #CBCC42 #D8D972 #E6E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CBCC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#CBCC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCC42

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCC42	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.155 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb7e',
    500: '#cbcc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcc42;
$custom-light: #dedb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.435,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81982,
    "c": 0.1552,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCC42

secondary

#36357D

accent

#47E148

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCC42

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

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