#CBB140#CBB140

#CBB140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.133 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB140
RGB	rgb(203, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -3.12, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 58.89, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0139 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.133 96)
XYZ	xyz(41.2782, 44.5131, 11.2671)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB140 #405ACB

analogous

#CB6C40 #CBB140 #A0CB40

triadic

#CBB140 #40CBB1 #B140CB

tetradic

#CBB140 #40CB6C #405ACB #CB40A0

square

#CBB140 #40CB6C #405ACB #CB40A0

split-complementary

#CBB140 #40A0CB #6C40CB

monochromatic

#72621F #A28C2C #CBB140 #D8C570 #E5D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CBB140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#CBB140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB140

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB140	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.133 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87b',
    500: '#cbb140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb140;
$custom-light: #dec87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76252,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.44511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB140

secondary

#95A0D2

accent

#64E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB140

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

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