#CBB151#CBB151

#CBB151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.119 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB151
RGB	rgb(203, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -2.06, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 51.55, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0088 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.119 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8377, 44.7369, 14.2143)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB151 #516BCB

analogous

#CB7451 #CBB151 #A8CB51

triadic

#CBB151 #51CBB1 #B151CB

tetradic

#CBB151 #51CB74 #516BCB #CB51A8

square

#CBB151 #51CB74 #516BCB #CB51A8

split-complementary

#CBB151 #51A8CB #7451CB

monochromatic

#7C6A25 #AC9233 #CBB151 #D9C680 #E7DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CBB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#CBB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB151

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB151	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.119 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec885',
    500: '#cbb151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb151;
$custom-light: #dec885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76417,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB151

secondary

#A3ADD5

accent

#6ADD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB151

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

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