#CBB259#CBB259

#CBB259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.113 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB259
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -1.99, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 48.16, 92.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0077 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.113 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3538, 45.2605, 15.9545)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB259 #5972CB

analogous

#CB7959 #CBB259 #ABCB59

triadic

#CBB259 #59CBB2 #B259CB

tetradic

#CBB259 #59CB79 #5972CB #CB59AB

square

#CBB259 #59CB79 #5972CB #CB59AB

split-complementary

#CBB259 #59ABCB #7959CB

monochromatic

#816E28 #B09537 #CBB259 #DAC888 #E8DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CBB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#CBB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB259

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB259	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.113 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc88a',
    500: '#cbb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb259;
$custom-light: #ddc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.842,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76716,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB259

secondary

#A9B3D7

accent

#6CDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB259

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

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