#CBB040#CBB040

#CBB040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.132 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB040
RGB	rgb(203, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -2.60, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 58.60, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0124 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.132 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0814, 44.1195, 11.2015)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB040 #405BCB

analogous

#CB6A40 #CBB040 #A1CB40

triadic

#CBB040 #40CBB0 #B040CB

tetradic

#CBB040 #40CB6A #405BCB #CB40A1

square

#CBB040 #40CB6A #405BCB #CB40A1

split-complementary

#CBB040 #40A1CB #6A40CB

monochromatic

#72621F #A28B2C #CBB040 #D8C470 #E5D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CBB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#CBB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB040

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB040	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.132 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec77b',
    500: '#cbb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb040;
$custom-light: #dec77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76045,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB040

secondary

#95A1D2

accent

#65E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB040

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

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