#CBCE42#CBCE42

#CBCE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.157 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCE42
RGB	rgb(203, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -17.83, 65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 68.23, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0553 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.157 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6848, 57.2337, 13.6885)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCE42 #4542CE

analogous

#CE8B42 #CBCE42 #85CE42

triadic

#CBCE42 #42CBCE #CE42CB

tetradic

#CBCE42 #42CE8B #4542CE #CE4285

square

#CBCE42 #42CE8B #4542CE #CE4285

split-complementary

#CBCE42 #4285CE #8B42CE

monochromatic

#75771F #A5A72B #CBCE42 #D8DB73 #E6E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CBCE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#CBCE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCE42

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCE42	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.157 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc7f',
    500: '#cbce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbce42;
$custom-light: #dedc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82413,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCE42

secondary

#37357F

accent

#46E249

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCE42

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

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