#CBAD39#CBAD39

#CBAD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.135 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD39
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 71.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -1.38, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 60.53, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0097 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.135 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3128, 42.8813, 10.0237)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD39 #3957CB

analogous

#CB6439 #CBAD39 #A0CB39

triadic

#CBAD39 #39CBAD #AD39CB

tetradic

#CBAD39 #39CB64 #3957CB #CB39A0

square

#CBAD39 #39CB64 #3957CB #CB39A0

split-complementary

#CBAD39 #39A0CB #6439CB

monochromatic

#6D5C1D #9D8629 #CBAD39 #D8C169 #E4D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CBAD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#CBAD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD39

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD39	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.135 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc577',
    500: '#cbad39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad39;
$custom-light: #dfc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75369,
    "c": 0.13465,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD39

secondary

#909DD0

accent

#66E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD39

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

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