#CBB549#CBB549

#CBB549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB549
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -4.69, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 56.37, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0174 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3569, 46.2273, 12.9937)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB549 #495FCB

analogous

#CB7449 #CBB549 #A0CB49

triadic

#CBB549 #49CBB5 #B549CB

tetradic

#CBB549 #49CB74 #495FCB #CB49A0

square

#CBB549 #49CB74 #495FCB #CB49A0

split-complementary

#CBB549 #49A0CB #7449CB

monochromatic

#776922 #A79330 #CBB549 #D9C879 #E6DCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CBB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#CBB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB549

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB549	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca80',
    500: '#cbb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb549;
$custom-light: #deca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77164,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB549

secondary

#9CA6D4

accent

#62DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB549

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

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