#CBB240#CBB240

#CBB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.133 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB240
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -3.65, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 59.19, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0154 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.133 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4764, 44.9096, 11.3332)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB240 #4059CB

analogous

#CB6D40 #CBB240 #9ECB40

triadic

#CBB240 #40CBB2 #B240CB

tetradic

#CBB240 #40CB6D #4059CB #CB409E

square

#CBB240 #40CB6D #4059CB #CB409E

split-complementary

#CBB240 #409ECB #6D40CB

monochromatic

#72631F #A28D2C #CBB240 #D8C570 #E5D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CBB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#CBB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB240

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB240	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.133 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87b',
    500: '#cbb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb240;
$custom-light: #dec87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76459,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB240

secondary

#95A0D2

accent

#63E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB240

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

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