#CBCD42#CBCD42

#CBCD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.156 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCD42
RGB	rgb(203, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -17.34, 65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 67.85, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0539 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.156 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4449, 56.7538, 13.6085)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCD42 #4442CD

analogous

#CD8942 #CBCD42 #86CD42

triadic

#CBCD42 #42CBCD #CD42CB

tetradic

#CBCD42 #42CD89 #4442CD #CD4286

square

#CBCD42 #42CD89 #4442CD #CD4286

split-complementary

#CBCD42 #4286CD #8942CD

monochromatic

#74761F #A4A62C #CBCD42 #D8DA72 #E6E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CBCD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#CBCD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCD42

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCD42	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)

#DDC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.156 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc7e',
    500: '#cbcd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcd42;
$custom-light: #dedc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.863,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82198,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCD42

secondary

#36357E

accent

#46E149

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCD42

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

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