#CBAC38#CBAC38

#CBAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.135 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAC38
RGB	rgb(203, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -0.90, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 60.64, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0084 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.135 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0971, 42.4894, 9.8299)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAC38 #3857CB

analogous

#CB6238 #CBAC38 #A0CB38

triadic

#CBAC38 #38CBAC #AC38CB

tetradic

#CBAC38 #38CB62 #3857CB #CB38A0

square

#CBAC38 #38CB62 #3857CB #CB38A0

split-complementary

#CBAC38 #38A0CB #6238CB

monochromatic

#6C5B1C #9D8429 #CBAC38 #D8C069 #E4D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CBAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CBAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAC38

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAC38	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.135 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc476',
    500: '#cbac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbac38;
$custom-light: #dfc476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.347,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75156,
    "c": 0.13465,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAC38

secondary

#8F9DD0

accent

#67E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAC38

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

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