#CBB944#CBB944

#CBB944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB944
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 66.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -7.07, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 59.79, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0247 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0228, 47.8137, 12.4305)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB944 #4456CB

analogous

#CB7544 #CBB944 #99CB44

triadic

#CBB944 #44CBB9 #B944CB

tetradic

#CBB944 #44CB75 #4456CB #CB4499

square

#CBB944 #44CB75 #4456CB #CB4499

split-complementary

#CBB944 #4499CB #7544CB

monochromatic

#746920 #A4942E #CBB944 #D8CB74 #E6DDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CBB944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#CBB944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB944

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB944	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)

#CAB435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd7e',
    500: '#cbb944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb944;
$custom-light: #decd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77955,
    "c": 0.13607,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB944

secondary

#98A0D3

accent

#5CE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB944

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →