#CBB23A#CBB23A

#CBB23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.137 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB23A
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 71.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -3.96, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 61.55, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.017 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.137 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3148, 44.8449, 10.4819)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB23A #3A53CB

analogous

#CB693A #CBB23A #9BCB3A

triadic

#CBB23A #3ACBB2 #B23ACB

tetradic

#CBB23A #3ACB69 #3A53CB #CB3A9B

square

#CBB23A #3ACB69 #3A53CB #CB3A9B

split-complementary

#CBB23A #3A9BCB #693ACB

monochromatic

#6E601D #9E8A2A #CBB23A #D8C56A #E5D89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CBB23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#CBB23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB23A

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB23A	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)

#C4AE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.137 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc878',
    500: '#cbb23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb23a;
$custom-light: #dfc878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76412,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB23A

secondary

#909BD0

accent

#61E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB23A

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

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