#CBA838#CBA838

#CBA838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.132 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA838
RGB	rgb(203, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 1.23, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 59.63, 88.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0024 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.132 91)
XYZ	xyz(39.3472, 40.9897, 9.5799)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA838 #385BCB

analogous

#CB5E38 #CBA838 #A5CB38

triadic

#CBA838 #38CBA8 #A838CB

tetradic

#CBA838 #38CB5E #385BCB #CB38A5

square

#CBA838 #38CB5E #385BCB #CB38A5

split-complementary

#CBA838 #38A5CB #5E38CB

monochromatic

#6C591C #9D8129 #CBA838 #D8BD69 #E4D299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CBA838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#CBA838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA838

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA838	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.132 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc176',
    500: '#cba838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba838;
$custom-light: #dfc176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74336,
    "c": 0.13223,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.40987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA838

secondary

#8F9ED0

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA838

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

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