#CBB138#CBB138

#CBB138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.138 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB138
RGB	rgb(203, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -3.53, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 62.02, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.016 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.138 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0666, 44.4285, 10.1531)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB138 #3852CB

analogous

#CB6738 #CBB138 #9BCB38

triadic

#CBB138 #38CBB1 #B138CB

tetradic

#CBB138 #38CB67 #3852CB #CB389B

square

#CBB138 #38CB67 #3852CB #CB389B

split-complementary

#CBB138 #389BCB #6738CB

monochromatic

#6C5E1C #9D8829 #CBB138 #D8C469 #E4D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CBB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#CBB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB138

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB138	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.138 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc776',
    500: '#cbb138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb138;
$custom-light: #dfc776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76189,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB138

secondary

#8F9AD0

accent

#62E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB138

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

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