#CBB438#CBB438

#CBB438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB438
RGB	rgb(203, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -5.10, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 62.89, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0204 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6657, 45.6266, 10.3528)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB438 #384FCB

analogous

#CB6A38 #CBB438 #99CB38

triadic

#CBB438 #38CBB4 #B438CB

tetradic

#CBB438 #38CB6A #384FCB #CB3899

square

#CBB438 #38CB6A #384FCB #CB3899

split-complementary

#CBB438 #3899CB #6A38CB

monochromatic

#6C601C #9D8B29 #CBB438 #D8C669 #E4D999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CBB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#CBB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB438

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB438	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca77',
    500: '#cbb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb438;
$custom-light: #dfca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76814,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB438

secondary

#8F99D0

accent

#5EE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB438

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

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