#CBAA39#CBAA39

#CBAA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.133 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAA39
RGB	rgb(203, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 71.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 0.21, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 59.74, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0052 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.133 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7440, 41.7437, 9.8341)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAA39 #395ACB

analogous

#CB6139 #CBAA39 #A3CB39

triadic

#CBAA39 #39CBAA #AA39CB

tetradic

#CBAA39 #39CB61 #395ACB #CB39A3

square

#CBAA39 #39CB61 #395ACB #CB39A3

split-complementary

#CBAA39 #39A3CB #6139CB

monochromatic

#6D5B1D #9D8329 #CBAA39 #D8BF69 #E4D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CBAA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#CBAA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAA39

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAA39	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)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbaa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.133 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc276',
    500: '#cbaa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbaa39;
$custom-light: #dfc276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbaa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74753,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAA39

secondary

#909ED0

accent

#69E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAA39

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

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