#CBBA42#CBBA42

#CBBA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBA42
RGB	rgb(203, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -7.71, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 60.93, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0267 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1727, 48.2095, 12.1845)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBA42 #4253CB

analogous

#CB7642 #CBBA42 #97CB42

triadic

#CBBA42 #42CBBA #BA42CB

tetradic

#CBBA42 #42CB76 #4253CB #CB4297

square

#CBBA42 #42CB76 #4253CB #CB4297

split-complementary

#CBBA42 #4297CB #7642CB

monochromatic

#736920 #A3942D #CBBA42 #D8CC72 #E5DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CBBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#CBBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBA42

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBA42	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dece7d',
    500: '#cbba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbba42;
$custom-light: #dece7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78148,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBA42

secondary

#979ED2

accent

#5BE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBA42

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

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