#CBD740#CBD740

#CBD740 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.168 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD740
RGB	rgb(203, 215, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -22.35, 68.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 72.52, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% -0.0681 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.168 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8559, 61.6685, 14.1264)
Luminance	0.6167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD740 #4C40D7

analogous

#D79740 #CBD740 #80D740

triadic

#CBD740 #40CBD7 #D740CB

tetradic

#CBD740 #40D797 #4C40D7 #D74080

square

#CBD740 #40D797 #4C40D7 #D74080

split-complementary

#CBD740 #4080D7 #9740D7

monochromatic

#79811B #A9B426 #CBD740 #D9E273 #E7ECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#CBD740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#CBD740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD740

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD740	1.00	1.57	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 215, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.168 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee37e',
    500: '#cbd740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd740;
$custom-light: #dee37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.768,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84351,
    "c": 0.16788,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD740

secondary

#3A3388

accent

#3FE84D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD740

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

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