#CBAB38#CBAB38

#CBAB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.134 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAB38
RGB	rgb(203, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -0.37, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 60.38, 90.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0069 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.134 93)
XYZ	xyz(39.9075, 42.1102, 9.7667)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAB38 #3858CB

analogous

#CB6138 #CBAB38 #A1CB38

triadic

#CBAB38 #38CBAB #AB38CB

tetradic

#CBAB38 #38CB61 #3858CB #CB38A1

square

#CBAB38 #38CB61 #3858CB #CB38A1

split-complementary

#CBAB38 #38A1CB #6138CB

monochromatic

#6C5B1C #9D8429 #CBAB38 #D8BF69 #E4D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CBAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CBAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAB38

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAB38	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.134 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc376',
    500: '#cbab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbab38;
$custom-light: #dfc376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7495,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.42108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAB38

secondary

#8F9DD0

accent

#68E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAB38

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

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