#CBD249#CBD249

#CBD249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.157 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD249
RGB	rgb(203, 210, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 65.2%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -19.41, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 67.19, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0591 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.157 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8792, 59.2718, 15.1678)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD249 #5049D2

analogous

#D29549 #CBD249 #86D249

triadic

#CBD249 #49CBD2 #D249CB

tetradic

#CBD249 #49D295 #5049D2 #D24986

square

#CBD249 #49D295 #5049D2 #D24986

split-complementary

#CBD249 #4986D2 #9549D2

monochromatic

#7C8120 #ABB22C #CBD249 #D9DE7A #E7EAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CBD249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#CBD249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD249

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD249	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 210, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.157 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf83',
    500: '#cbd249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd249;
$custom-light: #dedf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.066,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83332,
    "c": 0.15661,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD249

secondary

#3B3788

accent

#44E34C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD249

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

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