#CBAB39#CBAB39

#CBAB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.133 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAB39
RGB	rgb(203, 171, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 71.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -0.32, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 60.00, 90.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0067 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.133 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9322, 42.1200, 9.8968)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAB39 #3959CB

analogous

#CB6239 #CBAB39 #A2CB39

triadic

#CBAB39 #39CBAB #AB39CB

tetradic

#CBAB39 #39CB62 #3959CB #CB39A2

square

#CBAB39 #39CB62 #3959CB #CB39A2

split-complementary

#CBAB39 #39A2CB #6239CB

monochromatic

#6D5B1D #9D8429 #CBAB39 #D8C069 #E4D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CBAB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CBAB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAB39

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAB39	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)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbab39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 171, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.133 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc376',
    500: '#cbab39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbab39;
$custom-light: #dfc376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbab39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74958,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAB39

secondary

#909ED0

accent

#68E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAB39

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

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