#CBB139#CBB139

#CBB139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.137 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB139
RGB	rgb(203, 177, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 71.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -3.48, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 61.64, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0157 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.137 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0913, 44.4383, 10.2832)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB139 #3953CB

analogous

#CB6839 #CBB139 #9CCB39

triadic

#CBB139 #39CBB1 #B139CB

tetradic

#CBB139 #39CB68 #3953CB #CB399C

square

#CBB139 #39CB68 #3953CB #CB399C

split-complementary

#CBB139 #399CCB #6839CB

monochromatic

#6D5F1D #9D8929 #CBB139 #D8C469 #E4D79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CBB139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#CBB139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB139

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB139	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)

#C3AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 177, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.137 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc777',
    500: '#cbb139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb139;
$custom-light: #dfc777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76197,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB139

secondary

#909BD0

accent

#62E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB139

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

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