#CBB642#CBB642

#CBB642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB642
RGB	rgb(203, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -5.63, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 59.62, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0208 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3418, 46.5477, 11.9075)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB642 #4257CB

analogous

#CB7242 #CBB642 #9BCB42

triadic

#CBB642 #42CBB6 #B642CB

tetradic

#CBB642 #42CB72 #4257CB #CB429B

square

#CBB642 #42CB72 #4257CB #CB429B

split-complementary

#CBB642 #429BCB #7242CB

monochromatic

#736620 #A3912D #CBB642 #D8C972 #E5DBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CBB642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#CBB642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB642

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB642	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.135 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decb7c',
    500: '#cbb642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb642;
$custom-light: #decb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7731,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB642

secondary

#97A0D2

accent

#5FE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB642

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →