#CBCD38#CBCD38

#CBCD38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.162 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCD38
RGB	rgb(203, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -17.83, 69.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 71.36, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0563 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.162 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.1754, 56.6460, 12.1893)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCD38 #3A38CD

analogous

#CD8438 #CBCD38 #80CD38

triadic

#CBCD38 #38CBCD #CD38CB

tetradic

#CBCD38 #38CD84 #3A38CD #CD3880

square

#CBCD38 #38CD84 #3A38CD #CD3880

split-complementary

#CBCD38 #3880CD #8438CD

monochromatic

#6E6F1C #9EA028 #CBCD38 #D8D969 #E5E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CBCD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#CBCD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCD38

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCD38	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.162 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc79',
    500: '#cbcd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcd38;
$custom-light: #dfdc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.805,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8213,
    "c": 0.16235,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCD38

secondary

#323178

accent

#45E347

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCD38

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

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