#CBB261#CBB261

#CBB261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.105 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB261
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 52.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -1.33, 44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 44.34, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0048 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.105 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7082, 45.4023, 17.8209)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB261 #617ACB

analogous

#CB7D61 #CBB261 #AFCB61

triadic

#CBB261 #61CBB2 #B261CB

tetradic

#CBB261 #61CB7D #617ACB #CB61AF

square

#CBB261 #61CB7D #617ACB #CB61AF

split-complementary

#CBB261 #61AFCB #7D61CB

monochromatic

#86702C #B4973B #CBB261 #DAC88F #E9DFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CBB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#CBB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB261

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB261	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.105 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc890',
    500: '#cbb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb261;
$custom-light: #ddc890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.849,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76819,
    "c": 0.10524,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB261

secondary

#AFB9D9

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB261

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

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