#CBB253#CBB253

#CBB253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.118 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB253
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -2.44, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 50.95, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0097 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.118 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1121, 45.1638, 14.6812)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB253 #536CCB

analogous

#CB7653 #CBB253 #A8CB53

triadic

#CBB253 #53CBB2 #B253CB

tetradic

#CBB253 #53CB76 #536CCB #CB53A8

square

#CBB253 #53CB76 #536CCB #CB53A8

split-complementary

#CBB253 #53A8CB #7653CB

monochromatic

#7E6B26 #AD9434 #CBB253 #D9C782 #E7DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CBB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#CBB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB253

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB253	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)

#C2AF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.118 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec887',
    500: '#cbb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb253;
$custom-light: #dec887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76645,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB253

secondary

#A4AED6

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB253

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

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