#CBBB40#CBBB40

#CBBB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBB40
RGB	rgb(203, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -8.33, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 62.06, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0287 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3262, 48.6092, 11.9498)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBB40 #4050CB

analogous

#CB7640 #CBBB40 #95CB40

triadic

#CBBB40 #40CBBB #BB40CB

tetradic

#CBBB40 #40CB76 #4050CB #CB4095

square

#CBBB40 #40CB76 #4050CB #CB4095

split-complementary

#CBBB40 #4095CB #7640CB

monochromatic

#72681F #A2942C #CBBB40 #D8CC70 #E5DDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CBBB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#CBBB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBB40

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBB40	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decf7c',
    500: '#cbbb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbb40;
$custom-light: #decf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78343,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBB40

secondary

#959CD2

accent

#59E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBB40

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

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