#CBB157#CBB157

#CBB157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.114 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB157
RGB	rgb(203, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -1.62, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 48.78, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0068 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.114 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0728, 44.8309, 15.4521)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB157 #5771CB

analogous

#CB7757 #CBB157 #ABCB57

triadic

#CBB157 #57CBB1 #B157CB

tetradic

#CBB157 #57CB77 #5771CB #CB57AB

square

#CBB157 #57CB77 #5771CB #CB57AB

split-complementary

#CBB157 #57ABCB #7757CB

monochromatic

#806C28 #AF9436 #CBB157 #D9C786 #E8DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CBB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#CBB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB157

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB157	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.114 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc889',
    500: '#cbb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb157;
$custom-light: #ddc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76486,
    "c": 0.11399,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB157

secondary

#A7B2D7

accent

#6CDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB157

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

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