#CBB440#CBB440

#CBB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.135 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB440
RGB	rgb(203, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -4.70, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 59.80, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0184 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.135 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8772, 45.7112, 11.4668)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB440 #4057CB

analogous

#CB6F40 #CBB440 #9DCB40

triadic

#CBB440 #40CBB4 #B440CB

tetradic

#CBB440 #40CB6F #4057CB #CB409D

square

#CBB440 #40CB6F #4057CB #CB409D

split-complementary

#CBB440 #409DCB #6F40CB

monochromatic

#72641F #A28E2C #CBB440 #D8C770 #E5DAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CBB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#CBB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB440

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB440	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.135 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca7b',
    500: '#cbb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb440;
$custom-light: #deca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76875,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB440

secondary

#959FD2

accent

#61E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB440

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

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