#CBBD42#CBBD42

#CBBD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.141 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBD42
RGB	rgb(203, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -9.25, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 61.95, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0311 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.141 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8114, 49.4868, 12.3974)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBD42 #4250CB

analogous

#CB7942 #CBBD42 #94CB42

triadic

#CBBD42 #42CBBD #BD42CB

tetradic

#CBBD42 #42CB79 #4250CB #CB4294

square

#CBBD42 #42CB79 #4250CB #CB4294

split-complementary

#CBBD42 #4294CB #7942CB

monochromatic

#736A20 #A3972D #CBBD42 #D8CE72 #E5DFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#CBBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#CBBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBD42

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBD42	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.141 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded07d',
    500: '#cbbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbd42;
$custom-light: #ded07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78781,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBD42

secondary

#979DD2

accent

#57E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBD42

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

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