#CBAA38#CBAA38

#CBAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.133 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAA38
RGB	rgb(203, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 0.17, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 60.12, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0054 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.133 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7193, 41.7338, 9.7040)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAA38 #3859CB

analogous

#CB6038 #CBAA38 #A2CB38

triadic

#CBAA38 #38CBAA #AA38CB

tetradic

#CBAA38 #38CB60 #3859CB #CB38A2

square

#CBAA38 #38CB60 #3859CB #CB38A2

split-complementary

#CBAA38 #38A2CB #6038CB

monochromatic

#6C5A1C #9D8329 #CBAA38 #D8BF69 #E4D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CBAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#CBAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAA38

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAA38	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.133 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc276',
    500: '#cbaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbaa38;
$custom-light: #dfc276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74745,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAA38

secondary

#8F9DD0

accent

#69E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAA38

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

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