#CBD542#CBD542

#CBD542 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.165 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD542
RGB	rgb(203, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.21, -21.27, 67.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.21, 71.01, 107.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.065 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.165 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4077, 60.6794, 14.2628)
Luminance	0.6068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD542 #4C42D5

analogous

#D59642 #CBD542 #81D542

triadic

#CBD542 #42CBD5 #D542CB

tetradic

#CBD542 #42D596 #4C42D5 #D54281

square

#CBD542 #42D596 #4C42D5 #D54281

split-complementary

#CBD542 #4281D5 #9642D5

monochromatic

#79801C #A9B228 #CBD542 #D9E074 #E7EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CBD542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#CBD542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD542

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD542	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.165 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee17f',
    500: '#cbd542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd542;
$custom-light: #dee17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.082,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8393,
    "c": 0.16451,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD542

secondary

#3A3487

accent

#41E74C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD542

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

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