#CBA738#CBA738

#CBA738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.132 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA738
RGB	rgb(203, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, 1.76, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 59.38, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0008 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.132 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1633, 40.6219, 9.5186)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA738 #385CCB

analogous

#CB5D38 #CBA738 #A5CB38

triadic

#CBA738 #38CBA7 #A738CB

tetradic

#CBA738 #38CB5D #385CCB #CB38A5

square

#CBA738 #38CB5D #385CCB #CB38A5

split-complementary

#CBA738 #38A5CB #5D38CB

monochromatic

#6C591C #9D8029 #CBA738 #D8BC69 #E4D299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CBA738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#CBA738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA738

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA738	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.132 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc076',
    500: '#cba738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba738;
$custom-light: #dfc076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74132,
    "c": 0.13167,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA738

secondary

#8F9FD0

accent

#6CE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA738

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

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