#CBB23C#CBB23C

#CBB23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.136 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB23C
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 70.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -3.86, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 60.78, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0165 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.136 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3666, 44.8657, 10.7551)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB23C #3C55CB

analogous

#CB6A3C #CBB23C #9DCB3C

triadic

#CBB23C #3CCBB2 #B23CCB

tetradic

#CBB23C #3CCB6A #3C55CB #CB3C9D

square

#CBB23C #3CCB6A #3C55CB #CB3C9D

split-complementary

#CBB23C #3C9DCB #6A3CCB

monochromatic

#6F611E #9F8B2A #CBB23C #D8C56C #E5D89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CBB23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#CBB23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB23C

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB23C	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)

#C4AE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.136 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc879',
    500: '#cbb23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb23c;
$custom-light: #dfc879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76427,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB23C

secondary

#929DD1

accent

#62E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB23C

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

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