#CBB949#CBB949

#CBB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.132 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB949
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -6.78, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 57.70, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0233 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.132 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1820, 47.8773, 13.2687)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB949 #495BCB

analogous

#CB7849 #CBB949 #9CCB49

triadic

#CBB949 #49CBB9 #B949CB

tetradic

#CBB949 #49CB78 #495BCB #CB499C

square

#CBB949 #49CB78 #495BCB #CB499C

split-complementary

#CBB949 #499CCB #7849CB

monochromatic

#776C22 #A79730 #CBB949 #D9CB79 #E6DEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CBB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#CBB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB949

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB949	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.132 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd81',
    500: '#cbb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb949;
$custom-light: #decd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78,
    "c": 0.13228,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB949

secondary

#9CA4D4

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB949

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

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