#CBB251#CBB251

#CBB251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.120 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB251
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -2.59, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 51.86, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0104 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.12 95)
XYZ	xyz(42.0360, 45.1334, 14.2804)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB251 #516ACB

analogous

#CB7551 #CBB251 #A7CB51

triadic

#CBB251 #51CBB2 #B251CB

tetradic

#CBB251 #51CB75 #516ACB #CB51A7

square

#CBB251 #51CB75 #516ACB #CB51A7

split-complementary

#CBB251 #51A7CB #7551CB

monochromatic

#7C6B25 #AC9333 #CBB251 #D9C780 #E7DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CBB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#CBB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB251

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB251	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.120 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec885',
    500: '#cbb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb251;
$custom-light: #dec885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76623,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.45131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB251

secondary

#A3ADD5

accent

#69DD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB251

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

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