#CBB249#CBB249

#CBB249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.127 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB249
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -3.12, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 55.42, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0129 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.127 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7535, 45.0204, 12.7926)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB249 #4962CB

analogous

#CB7149 #CBB249 #A3CB49

triadic

#CBB249 #49CBB2 #B249CB

tetradic

#CBB249 #49CB71 #4962CB #CB49A3

square

#CBB249 #49CB71 #4962CB #CB49A3

split-complementary

#CBB249 #49A3CB #7149CB

monochromatic

#776722 #A79030 #CBB249 #D9C679 #E6DAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CBB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#CBB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB249

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB249	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)

#C3AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.127 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec880',
    500: '#cbb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb249;
$custom-light: #dec880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7654,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB249

secondary

#9CA7D4

accent

#66DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB249

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

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