#CBD940#CBD940

#CBD940 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.170 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD940
RGB	rgb(203, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.28, -23.32, 69.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.28, 73.33, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0708 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.17 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.3683, 62.6933, 14.2972)
Luminance	0.6269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD940 #4E40D9

analogous

#D99A40 #CBD940 #7FD940

triadic

#CBD940 #40CBD9 #D940CB

tetradic

#CBD940 #40D99A #4E40D9 #D9407F

square

#CBD940 #40D99A #4E40D9 #D9407F

split-complementary

#CBD940 #407FD9 #9A40D9

monochromatic

#7B841A #AAB724 #CBD940 #D9E373 #E7EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CBD940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#CBD940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD940

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD940	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.170 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee47f',
    500: '#cbd940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd940;
$custom-light: #dee47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.49,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84787,
    "c": 0.17001,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD940

secondary

#3A328B

accent

#3EEA4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD940

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

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