#CBB338#CBB338

#CBB338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.139 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB338
RGB	rgb(203, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -4.58, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 62.60, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.019 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.139 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4646, 45.2243, 10.2857)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB338 #3850CB

analogous

#CB6938 #CBB338 #99CB38

triadic

#CBB338 #38CBB3 #B338CB

tetradic

#CBB338 #38CB69 #3850CB #CB3899

square

#CBB338 #38CB69 #3850CB #CB3899

split-complementary

#CBB338 #3899CB #6938CB

monochromatic

#6C5F1C #9D8A29 #CBB338 #D8C669 #E4D899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CBB338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#CBB338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB338

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB338	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.139 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc977',
    500: '#cbb338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb338;
$custom-light: #dfc977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76605,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB338

secondary

#8F99D0

accent

#5FE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB338

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

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