#CBB742#CBB742

#CBB742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB742
RGB	rgb(203, 183, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -6.15, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 59.95, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0223 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5474, 46.9588, 11.9760)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB742 #4256CB

analogous

#CB7342 #CBB742 #9ACB42

triadic

#CBB742 #42CBB7 #B742CB

tetradic

#CBB742 #42CB73 #4256CB #CB429A

square

#CBB742 #42CB73 #4256CB #CB429A

split-complementary

#CBB742 #429ACB #7342CB

monochromatic

#736720 #A3922D #CBB742 #D8C972 #E5DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CBB742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#CBB742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB742

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB742	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)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 183, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decc7d',
    500: '#cbb742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb742;
$custom-light: #decc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77519,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB742

secondary

#979FD2

accent

#5EE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB742

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

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