#CBCD40#CBCD40

#CBCD40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.158 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCD40
RGB	rgb(203, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -17.44, 66.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 68.58, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0544 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.158 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3869, 56.7306, 13.3034)
Luminance	0.5673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCD40 #4240CD

analogous

#CD8840 #CBCD40 #84CD40

triadic

#CBCD40 #40CBCD #CD40CB

tetradic

#CBCD40 #40CD88 #4240CD #CD4084

square

#CBCD40 #40CD88 #4240CD #CD4084

split-complementary

#CBCD40 #4084CD #8840CD

monochromatic

#73741E #A3A52B #CBCD40 #D8DA71 #E5E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CBCD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#CBCD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCD40

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCD40	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.158 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc7d',
    500: '#cbcd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcd40;
$custom-light: #dedc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.851,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82183,
    "c": 0.15752,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCD40

secondary

#35347D

accent

#46E248

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCD40

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

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