#CBB540#CBB540

#CBB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.136 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB540
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -5.22, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 60.11, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0199 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.136 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0798, 46.1164, 11.5344)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB540 #4056CB

analogous

#CB7040 #CBB540 #9BCB40

triadic

#CBB540 #40CBB5 #B540CB

tetradic

#CBB540 #40CB70 #4056CB #CB409B

square

#CBB540 #40CB70 #4056CB #CB409B

split-complementary

#CBB540 #409BCB #7040CB

monochromatic

#72651F #A28F2C #CBB540 #D8C870 #E5DAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CBB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#CBB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB540

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB540	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.136 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca7b',
    500: '#cbb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb540;
$custom-light: #deca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77084,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB540

secondary

#959FD2

accent

#60E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB540

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

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