#CBB257#CBB257

#CBB257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB257
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -2.14, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 49.10, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0084 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.115 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2710, 45.2274, 15.5182)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB257 #5770CB

analogous

#CB7857 #CBB257 #AACB57

triadic

#CBB257 #57CBB2 #B257CB

tetradic

#CBB257 #57CB78 #5770CB #CB57AA

square

#CBB257 #57CB78 #5770CB #CB57AA

split-complementary

#CBB257 #57AACB #7857CB

monochromatic

#806D28 #AF9536 #CBB257 #D9C786 #E8DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CBB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#CBB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB257

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB257	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc889',
    500: '#cbb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb257;
$custom-light: #ddc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.069,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76692,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB257

secondary

#A7B1D7

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB257

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

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