#CBD242#CBD242

#CBD242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.161 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD242
RGB	rgb(203, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -19.81, 66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 69.81, 106.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0609 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.161 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6601, 59.1842, 14.0136)
Luminance	0.5918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD242 #4942D2

analogous

#D29142 #CBD242 #83D242

triadic

#CBD242 #42CBD2 #D242CB

tetradic

#CBD242 #42D291 #4942D2 #D24283

square

#CBD242 #42D291 #4942D2 #D24283

split-complementary

#CBD242 #4283D2 #9142D2

monochromatic

#777C1E #A7AD29 #CBD242 #D9DE73 #E6EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CBD242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#CBD242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD242

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD242	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.161 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf7f',
    500: '#cbd242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd242;
$custom-light: #dedf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.917,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83278,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD242

secondary

#383484

accent

#43E54B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD242

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

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