#CBD949#CBD949

#CBD949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.164 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD949
RGB	rgb(203, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.34, -22.83, 66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.34, 70.09, 109.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0686 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.164 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6453, 62.8041, 15.7565)
Luminance	0.6280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD949 #5749D9

analogous

#D99F49 #CBD949 #83D949

triadic

#CBD949 #49CBD9 #D949CB

tetradic

#CBD949 #49D99F #5749D9 #D94983

square

#CBD949 #49D99F #5749D9 #D94983

split-complementary

#CBD949 #4983D9 #9F49D9

monochromatic

#808B1D #AFBD28 #CBD949 #D9E47C #E8EEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CBD949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#CBD949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD949

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD949	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.164 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee483',
    500: '#cbd949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd949;
$custom-light: #dee483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.833,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84852,
    "c": 0.16418,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD949

secondary

#3F3691

accent

#3FE850

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD949

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

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