#CBA940#CBA940

#CBA940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.127 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA940
RGB	rgb(203, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, 1.11, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 56.67, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0018 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.127 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7441, 41.4449, 10.7558)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA940 #4062CB

analogous

#CB6440 #CBA940 #A7CB40

triadic

#CBA940 #40CBA9 #A940CB

tetradic

#CBA940 #40CB64 #4062CB #CB40A7

square

#CBA940 #40CB64 #4062CB #CB40A7

split-complementary

#CBA940 #40A7CB #6440CB

monochromatic

#725D1F #A2852C #CBA940 #D8BF70 #E5D4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CBA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#CBA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA940

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA940	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.127 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc27a',
    500: '#cba940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba940;
$custom-light: #dfc27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74606,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA940

secondary

#95A4D2

accent

#6DE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA940

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

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