#CBD138#CBD138

#CBD138 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.166 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD138
RGB	rgb(203, 209, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 73.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -19.80, 70.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 72.86, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0618 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.166 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1445, 58.5842, 12.5124)
Luminance	0.5858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD138 #3E38D1

analogous

#D18B38 #CBD138 #7FD138

triadic

#CBD138 #38CBD1 #D138CB

tetradic

#CBD138 #38D18B #3E38D1 #D1387F

square

#CBD138 #38D18B #3E38D1 #D1387F

split-complementary

#CBD138 #387FD1 #8B38D1

monochromatic

#70741B #A1A626 #CBD138 #D8DC6A #E5E89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CBD138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#CBD138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD138

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD138	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 209, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.166 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfde7a',
    500: '#cbd138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd138;
$custom-light: #dfde7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82995,
    "c": 0.16634,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD138

secondary

#34317C

accent

#42E649

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD138

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

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