#CBB142#CBB142

#CBB142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.131 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB142
RGB	rgb(203, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -3.01, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 58.08, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0134 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.131 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3361, 44.5363, 11.5723)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB142 #425CCB

analogous

#CB6C42 #CBB142 #A0CB42

triadic

#CBB142 #42CBB1 #B142CB

tetradic

#CBB142 #42CB6C #425CCB #CB42A0

square

#CBB142 #42CB6C #425CCB #CB42A0

split-complementary

#CBB142 #42A0CB #6C42CB

monochromatic

#736320 #A38D2D #CBB142 #D8C572 #E5D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CBB142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#CBB142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB142

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB142	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.131 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87c',
    500: '#cbb142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb142;
$custom-light: #dec87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76269,
    "c": 0.13125,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB142

secondary

#97A2D2

accent

#65E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB142

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

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