#CBB43B#CBB43B

#CBB43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.138 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB43B
RGB	rgb(203, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -4.96, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 61.76, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0197 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.138 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7413, 45.6569, 10.7508)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB43B #3B52CB

analogous

#CB6C3B #CBB43B #9ACB3B

triadic

#CBB43B #3BCBB4 #B43BCB

tetradic

#CBB43B #3BCB6C #3B52CB #CB3B9A

square

#CBB43B #3BCB6C #3B52CB #CB3B9A

split-complementary

#CBB43B #3B9ACB #6C3BCB

monochromatic

#6E611D #9F8C2A #CBB43B #D8C76B #E5D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CBB43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#CBB43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB43B

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB43B	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.138 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca78',
    500: '#cbb43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb43b;
$custom-light: #dfca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76836,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB43B

secondary

#919BD1

accent

#5FE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB43B

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

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