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#CBCD04 — Vivid Yellow

#CBCD04 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #CBCD04 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CBCD04 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #0804CD; it also sits naturally between #CD6C04 and #65CD04. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CBCD04 · RGB 203, 205, 4

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Color values

HEX#CBCD04
RGB203, 205, 4
HSL61°, 96%, 41%
HSV61°, 98%, 80%
CMYK1%, 0%, 98%, 20%
XYZ46.48, 56.37, 8.55
Yxy56.37, 0.4173, 0.5060
CIE-Lab79.82, -19.10, 79.58
Hunter Lab75.08, -17.13, 43.32

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 80% · Blue 2%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 98% · Key 20%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CBCD04 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CBCD04 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CBCD04

.text { color: #CBCD04; }
.background { background-color: #CBCD04; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CBCD04; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(203, 205, 4); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 96%, 41%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CBCD04; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(203, 205, 4, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CBCD04; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(203, 205, 4, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CBCD04">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CBCD04">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CBCD04

#B6B904#A7AA03#939603#808203#717302#5D5F02#4A4B02#363701#272801#141400

Tints of #CBCD04

#E7EB05#F6FA0F#F7FB2D#F8FB46#F9FC64#FAFC7D#FBFD9B#FCFDB4#FDFED2#FEFFEB

Tones of #CBCD04

#BBBE13#AEB120#A0A22F#92933E#84854C#77775A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0804CD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.71:1 Fails
Against black text12.27:1 AAA

Best text color on #CBCD04: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CBCD04

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CBCD04: ·

How #CBCD04 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #CCCC35Deuteranopia · #CCCC40Tritanopia · #CB5B63

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308Material Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CBCD04 rather than the exact color:

Scarlet Marble
#D4D713 · #B2E963 · #6EE750 · #10C133
Palette 8e1d41
#8E1D41 · #DBBF0D · #FFCD19 · #FFEFB4
Smoky Ruby Bloom
#CBC019 · #C1EE6C · #86E866 · #44DF5C
Palette 499a13
#499A13 · #BBDC12 · #8ECA3C · #276F27
Royal Cascade
#2D13C1 · #6637EB · #BEDB16 · #E7F0A6
Modern Ruby Marble
#C3C61D · #23DCDF · #CA1DC6 · #F3F1CE

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#D4D713#DBBF0D#CBC019#BBDC12#BEDB16#C3C61D#C5D21F#C9D020#D0D41F#CEE415#C3C71F#E1C817

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CBCD03  ·  #CBCD05 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CBCD04?

#CBCD04 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 203, 205, 4). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CBCD04?

#CBCD04 is RGB 203, 205, 4 — HSL 61°, 96%, 41% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 98%, 20%.

What colors go with #CBCD04?

Its complement is #0804CD; analogous partners are #CD6C04 and #65CD04. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CBCD04 for text?

Black text on #CBCD04 has a contrast ratio of 12.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.71:1.