#CBB946#CBB946

#CBB946 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB946
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 65.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -6.96, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 58.96, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0242 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0849, 47.8385, 12.7575)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB946 #4658CB

analogous

#CB7646 #CBB946 #9ACB46

triadic

#CBB946 #46CBB9 #B946CB

tetradic

#CBB946 #46CB76 #4658CB #CB469A

square

#CBB946 #46CB76 #4658CB #CB469A

split-complementary

#CBB946 #469ACB #7646CB

monochromatic

#766A21 #A5952E #CBB946 #D8CB76 #E6DDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CBB946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#CBB946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB946

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB946	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd7f',
    500: '#cbb946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb946;
$custom-light: #decd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77973,
    "c": 0.13458,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB946

secondary

#9AA2D3

accent

#5DDF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB946

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

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