#CBD438#CBD438

#CBD438 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.169 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD438
RGB	rgb(203, 212, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -21.27, 70.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 74.00, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0658 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.169 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8874, 60.0701, 12.7600)
Luminance	0.6007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD438 #4138D4

analogous

#D48F38 #CBD438 #7DD438

triadic

#CBD438 #38CBD4 #D438CB

tetradic

#CBD438 #38D48F #4138D4 #D4387D

square

#CBD438 #38D48F #4138D4 #D4387D

split-complementary

#CBD438 #387DD4 #8F38D4

monochromatic

#72781A #A2AA25 #CBD438 #D8DF6A #E5EA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CBD438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#CBD438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD438

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD438	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 212, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.169 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe17a',
    500: '#cbd438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd438;
$custom-light: #dfe17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.462,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83647,
    "c": 0.16939,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD438

secondary

#353080

accent

#40E74A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD438

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

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