#CBB049#CBB049

#CBB049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.125 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB049
RGB	rgb(203, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -2.07, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 54.80, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0098 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.125 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3584, 44.2303, 12.6609)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB049 #4964CB

analogous

#CB6F49 #CBB049 #A5CB49

triadic

#CBB049 #49CBB0 #B049CB

tetradic

#CBB049 #49CB6F #4964CB #CB49A5

square

#CBB049 #49CB6F #4964CB #CB49A5

split-complementary

#CBB049 #49A5CB #6F49CB

monochromatic

#776622 #A78E30 #CBB049 #D9C579 #E6D9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CBB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#CBB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB049

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB049	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.125 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec780',
    500: '#cbb049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb049;
$custom-light: #dec780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76127,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB049

secondary

#9CA8D4

accent

#68DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB049

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

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