#CBAC40#CBAC40

#CBAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.129 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAC40
RGB	rgb(203, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -0.49, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 57.47, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0064 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.129 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3086, 42.5740, 10.9440)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAC40 #405FCB

analogous

#CB6740 #CBAC40 #A4CB40

triadic

#CBAC40 #40CBAC #AC40CB

tetradic

#CBAC40 #40CB67 #405FCB #CB40A4

square

#CBAC40 #40CB67 #405FCB #CB40A4

split-complementary

#CBAC40 #40A4CB #6740CB

monochromatic

#725F1F #A2882C #CBAC40 #D8C170 #E5D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CBAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#CBAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAC40

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAC40	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.129 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc47a',
    500: '#cbac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbac40;
$custom-light: #dfc47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7522,
    "c": 0.12927,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAC40

secondary

#95A3D2

accent

#69E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAC40

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

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