#CBB442#CBB442

#CBB442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.134 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB442
RGB	rgb(203, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -4.59, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 58.99, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0179 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.134 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9352, 45.7344, 11.7720)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB442 #4259CB

analogous

#CB6F42 #CBB442 #9DCB42

triadic

#CBB442 #42CBB4 #B442CB

tetradic

#CBB442 #42CB6F #4259CB #CB429D

square

#CBB442 #42CB6F #4259CB #CB429D

split-complementary

#CBB442 #429DCB #6F42CB

monochromatic

#736520 #A38F2D #CBB442 #D8C772 #E5DAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CBB442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#CBB442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB442

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB442	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.134 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca7c',
    500: '#cbb442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb442;
$custom-light: #deca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76892,
    "c": 0.1335,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB442

secondary

#97A1D2

accent

#61E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB442

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

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