Yellow Ochre#CB9D06

#CB9D06 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.146 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Yellow Ochre — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#CB9D06
RGB	rgb(203, 157, 6)
HSL	hsl(46, 94%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 97%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 97%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 5.77, 70.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 70.36, 85.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0068 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.146 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7210, 36.8263, 5.3464)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9D06 #0634CB

analogous

#CB3B06 #CB9D06 #96CB06

triadic

#CB9D06 #06CB9D #9D06CB

tetradic

#CB9D06 #06CB3B #0634CB #CB0696

square

#CB9D06 #06CB3B #0634CB #CB0696

split-complementary

#CB9D06 #0696CB #3B06CB

monochromatic

#544102 #906F04 #CB9D06 #F8C316 #FAD352

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CB9D06 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CB9D06 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9D06

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9D06	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9D06	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9d06;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 157, 6);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.146 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b962',
    500: '#cb9d06',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9d06;
$custom-light: #e1b962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9d06",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 6
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.99,
    "s": 94.258,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71893,
    "c": 0.14599,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9D06

secondary

#5172DB

accent

#5BFF29

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161106

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9D06

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

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