#CBB942#CBB942

#CBB942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB942
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -7.19, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 60.60, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0253 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9628, 47.7897, 12.1145)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB942 #4254CB

analogous

#CB7542 #CBB942 #98CB42

triadic

#CBB942 #42CBB9 #B942CB

tetradic

#CBB942 #42CB75 #4254CB #CB4298

square

#CBB942 #42CB75 #4254CB #CB4298

split-complementary

#CBB942 #4298CB #7542CB

monochromatic

#736820 #A3932D #CBB942 #D8CB72 #E5DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CBB942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#CBB942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB942

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB942	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd7d',
    500: '#cbb942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb942;
$custom-light: #decd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77938,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB942

secondary

#979FD2

accent

#5CE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB942

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

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