#CBB23D#CBB23D

#CBB23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.135 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB23D
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 70%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -3.81, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 60.39, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0162 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.135 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3933, 44.8763, 10.8957)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB23D #3D56CB

analogous

#CB6B3D #CBB23D #9DCB3D

triadic

#CBB23D #3DCBB2 #B23DCB

tetradic

#CBB23D #3DCB6B #3D56CB #CB3D9D

square

#CBB23D #3DCB6B #3D56CB #CB3D9D

split-complementary

#CBB23D #3D9DCB #6B3DCB

monochromatic

#70611E #A08B2B #CBB23D #D8C56D #E5D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CBB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#CBB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB23D

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB23D	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)

#C4AE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.135 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc879',
    500: '#cbb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb23d;
$custom-light: #dfc879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76435,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB23D

secondary

#939ED1

accent

#62E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB23D

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

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