#CBB232#CBB232

#CBB232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.142 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB232
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 75.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -4.32, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 64.46, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0188 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1268, 44.7697, 9.4922)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB232 #324BCB

analogous

#CB6632 #CBB232 #98CB32

triadic

#CBB232 #32CBB2 #B232CB

tetradic

#CBB232 #32CB66 #324BCB #CB3298

square

#CBB232 #32CB66 #324BCB #CB3298

split-complementary

#CBB232 #3298CB #6632CB

monochromatic

#695C1A #9A8726 #CBB232 #D8C562 #E4D793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CBB232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#CBB232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB232

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB232	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.142 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc873',
    500: '#cbb232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb232;
$custom-light: #dfc873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.196,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76357,
    "c": 0.1423,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB232

secondary

#8995CF

accent

#5EE444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB232

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

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