#CBB252#CBB252

#CBB252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.119 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB252
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 59.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -2.51, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 51.41, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.01 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.119 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0738, 45.1485, 14.4794)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB252 #526BCB

analogous

#CB7552 #CBB252 #A8CB52

triadic

#CBB252 #52CBB2 #B252CB

tetradic

#CBB252 #52CB75 #526BCB #CB52A8

square

#CBB252 #52CB75 #526BCB #CB52A8

split-complementary

#CBB252 #52A8CB #7552CB

monochromatic

#7D6B26 #AC9334 #CBB252 #D9C781 #E7DCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CBB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#CBB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB252

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB252	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)

#C2AF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.119 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec886',
    500: '#cbb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb252;
$custom-light: #dec886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76634,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB252

secondary

#A3AED5

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB252

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

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