#CBB238#CBB238

#CBB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.139 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB238
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -4.05, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 62.30, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0175 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.139 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2649, 44.8249, 10.2192)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB238 #3851CB

analogous

#CB6838 #CBB238 #9ACB38

triadic

#CBB238 #38CBB2 #B238CB

tetradic

#CBB238 #38CB68 #3851CB #CB389A

square

#CBB238 #38CB68 #3851CB #CB389A

split-complementary

#CBB238 #389ACB #6838CB

monochromatic

#6C5F1C #9D8929 #CBB238 #D8C569 #E4D899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CBB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#CBB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB238

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB238	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.139 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc877',
    500: '#cbb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb238;
$custom-light: #dfc877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76397,
    "c": 0.13874,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB238

secondary

#8F9AD0

accent

#61E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB238

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

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