#CBAA40#CBAA40

#CBAA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.128 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAA40
RGB	rgb(203, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 0.57, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 56.93, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0033 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.128 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9308, 41.8184, 10.8180)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAA40 #4061CB

analogous

#CB6440 #CBAA40 #A7CB40

triadic

#CBAA40 #40CBAA #AA40CB

tetradic

#CBAA40 #40CB64 #4061CB #CB40A7

square

#CBAA40 #40CB64 #4061CB #CB40A7

split-complementary

#CBAA40 #40A7CB #6440CB

monochromatic

#725E1F #A2862C #CBAA40 #D8BF70 #E5D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CBAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#CBAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAA40

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAA40	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.128 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc37a',
    500: '#cbaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbaa40;
$custom-light: #dfc37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7481,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAA40

secondary

#95A4D2

accent

#6CE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAA40

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

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