#CBAB40#CBAB40

#CBAB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.129 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAB40
RGB	rgb(203, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 0.04, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 57.20, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0048 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.129 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1190, 42.1948, 10.8808)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAB40 #4060CB

analogous

#CB6540 #CBAB40 #A6CB40

triadic

#CBAB40 #40CBAB #AB40CB

tetradic

#CBAB40 #40CB65 #4060CB #CB40A6

square

#CBAB40 #40CB65 #4060CB #CB40A6

split-complementary

#CBAB40 #40A6CB #6540CB

monochromatic

#725F1F #A2872C #CBAB40 #D8C070 #E5D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CBAB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#CBAB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAB40

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAB40	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.129 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc37a',
    500: '#cbab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbab40;
$custom-light: #dfc37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75015,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAB40

secondary

#95A3D2

accent

#6BE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAB40

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

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