#CBB242#CBB242

#CBB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.132 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB242
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -3.54, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 58.38, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0149 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.132 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5343, 44.9327, 11.6383)
Luminance	0.4493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB242 #425BCB

analogous

#CB6D42 #CBB242 #9FCB42

triadic

#CBB242 #42CBB2 #B242CB

tetradic

#CBB242 #42CB6D #425BCB #CB429F

square

#CBB242 #42CB6D #425BCB #CB429F

split-complementary

#CBB242 #429FCB #6D42CB

monochromatic

#736420 #A38D2D #CBB242 #D8C672 #E5D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CBB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#CBB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB242

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB242	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.132 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87c',
    500: '#cbb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb242;
$custom-light: #dec87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76476,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB242

secondary

#97A2D2

accent

#64E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB242

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

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