#CBA938#CBA938

#CBA938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.133 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA938
RGB	rgb(203, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 0.70, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 59.87, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0039 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.133 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5326, 41.3603, 9.6417)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA938 #385ACB

analogous

#CB5F38 #CBA938 #A4CB38

triadic

#CBA938 #38CBA9 #A938CB

tetradic

#CBA938 #38CB5F #385ACB #CB38A4

square

#CBA938 #38CB5F #385ACB #CB38A4

split-complementary

#CBA938 #38A4CB #5F38CB

monochromatic

#6C5A1C #9D8229 #CBA938 #D8BE69 #E4D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CBA938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#CBA938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA938

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA938	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.133 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc276',
    500: '#cba938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba938;
$custom-light: #dfc276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7454,
    "c": 0.13281,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA938

secondary

#8F9ED0

accent

#6AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA938

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

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