#CBD042#CBD042

#CBD042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.159 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD042
RGB	rgb(203, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -18.82, 66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 69.02, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0581 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.159 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1694, 58.2028, 13.8500)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD042 #4742D0

analogous

#D08E42 #CBD042 #84D042

triadic

#CBD042 #42CBD0 #D042CB

tetradic

#CBD042 #42D08E #4742D0 #D04284

square

#CBD042 #42D08E #4742D0 #D04284

split-complementary

#CBD042 #4284D0 #8E42D0

monochromatic

#76791E #A6AA2A #CBD042 #D8DC73 #E6E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CBD042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#CBD042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD042

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD042	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.159 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dede7f',
    500: '#cbd042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd042;
$custom-light: #dede7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.113,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82845,
    "c": 0.15929,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD042

secondary

#373581

accent

#44E34A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD042

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

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