#CBBB42#CBBB42

#CBBB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.139 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBB42
RGB	rgb(203, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -8.22, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 61.27, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0282 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3841, 48.6323, 12.2550)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBB42 #4252CB

analogous

#CB7742 #CBBB42 #96CB42

triadic

#CBBB42 #42CBBB #BB42CB

tetradic

#CBBB42 #42CB77 #4252CB #CB4296

square

#CBBB42 #42CB77 #4252CB #CB4296

split-complementary

#CBBB42 #4296CB #7742CB

monochromatic

#736920 #A3952D #CBBB42 #D8CC72 #E5DEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CBBB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#CBBB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBB42

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBB42	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decf7d',
    500: '#cbbb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbb42;
$custom-light: #decf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78359,
    "c": 0.13921,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBB42

secondary

#979ED2

accent

#59E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBB42

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

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