#CBB248#CBB248

#CBB248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.127 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB248
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -3.18, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 55.85, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0131 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.127 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7206, 45.0072, 12.6193)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB248 #4861CB

analogous

#CB7148 #CBB248 #A3CB48

triadic

#CBB248 #48CBB2 #B248CB

tetradic

#CBB248 #48CB71 #4861CB #CB48A3

square

#CBB248 #48CB71 #4861CB #CB48A3

split-complementary

#CBB248 #48A3CB #7148CB

monochromatic

#776722 #A6902F #CBB248 #D9C678 #E6DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CBB248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#CBB248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB248

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB248	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.127 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec880',
    500: '#cbb248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb248;
$custom-light: #dec880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76531,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB248

secondary

#9BA6D3

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB248

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

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