#CBB039#CBB039

#CBB039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.137 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB039
RGB	rgb(203, 176, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 71.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -2.96, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 61.36, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0142 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.137 96)
XYZ	xyz(40.8945, 44.0448, 10.2176)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB039 #3954CB

analogous

#CB6739 #CBB039 #9DCB39

triadic

#CBB039 #39CBB0 #B039CB

tetradic

#CBB039 #39CB67 #3954CB #CB399D

square

#CBB039 #39CB67 #3954CB #CB399D

split-complementary

#CBB039 #399DCB #6739CB

monochromatic

#6D5E1D #9D8829 #CBB039 #D8C369 #E4D79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CBB039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#CBB039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB039

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB039	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 176, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.137 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc777',
    500: '#cbb039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb039;
$custom-light: #dfc777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75989,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.44043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB039

secondary

#909CD0

accent

#63E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB039

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

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