#CBB23B#CBB23B

#CBB23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.137 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB23B
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -3.91, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 61.17, 93.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0167 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.137 97)
XYZ	xyz(41.3404, 44.8552, 10.6172)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB23B #3B54CB

analogous

#CB6A3B #CBB23B #9CCB3B

triadic

#CBB23B #3BCBB2 #B23BCB

tetradic

#CBB23B #3BCB6A #3B54CB #CB3B9C

square

#CBB23B #3BCB6A #3B54CB #CB3B9C

split-complementary

#CBB23B #3B9CCB #6A3BCB

monochromatic

#6E601D #9F8A2A #CBB23B #D8C56B #E5D89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CBB23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#CBB23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB23B

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB23B	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)

#C4AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.137 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc878',
    500: '#cbb23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb23b;
$custom-light: #dfc878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76419,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.44853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB23B

secondary

#919CD1

accent

#61E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB23B

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

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