#CBB042#CBB042

#CBB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.131 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB042
RGB	rgb(203, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -2.49, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 57.78, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0119 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.131 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1393, 44.1427, 11.5067)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB042 #425DCB

analogous

#CB6B42 #CBB042 #A1CB42

triadic

#CBB042 #42CBB0 #B042CB

tetradic

#CBB042 #42CB6B #425DCB #CB42A1

square

#CBB042 #42CB6B #425DCB #CB42A1

split-complementary

#CBB042 #42A1CB #6B42CB

monochromatic

#736320 #A38C2D #CBB042 #D8C472 #E5D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CBB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#CBB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB042

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB042	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.131 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec77c',
    500: '#cbb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb042;
$custom-light: #dec77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76062,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB042

secondary

#97A2D2

accent

#66E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB042

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

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