#CBB849#CBB849

#CBB849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.131 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB849
RGB	rgb(203, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -6.26, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 57.37, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0218 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.131 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9735, 47.4604, 13.1992)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB849 #495CCB

analogous

#CB7749 #CBB849 #9DCB49

triadic

#CBB849 #49CBB8 #B849CB

tetradic

#CBB849 #49CB77 #495CCB #CB499D

square

#CBB849 #49CB77 #495CCB #CB499D

split-complementary

#CBB849 #499DCB #7749CB

monochromatic

#776B22 #A79630 #CBB849 #D9CB79 #E6DDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CBB849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#CBB849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB849

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB849	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.131 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd81',
    500: '#cbb849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb849;
$custom-light: #decd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7779,
    "c": 0.13144,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB849

secondary

#9CA4D4

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB849

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

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