#CBB740#CBB740

#CBB740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB740
RGB	rgb(203, 183, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -6.26, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 60.75, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0229 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4894, 46.9356, 11.6709)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB740 #4054CB

analogous

#CB7240 #CBB740 #9ACB40

triadic

#CBB740 #40CBB7 #B740CB

tetradic

#CBB740 #40CB72 #4054CB #CB409A

square

#CBB740 #40CB72 #4054CB #CB409A

split-complementary

#CBB740 #409ACB #7240CB

monochromatic

#72661F #A2912C #CBB740 #D8C970 #E5DBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CBB740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#CBB740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB740

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB740	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 183, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decc7b',
    500: '#cbb740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb740;
$custom-light: #decc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77502,
    "c": 0.13728,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB740

secondary

#959ED2

accent

#5DE047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB740

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

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