#CBB33C#CBB33C

#CBB33C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.137 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB33C
RGB	rgb(203, 179, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 70.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -4.38, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 61.08, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.018 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.137 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5663, 45.2650, 10.8217)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB33C #3C54CB

analogous

#CB6C3C #CBB33C #9CCB3C

triadic

#CBB33C #3CCBB3 #B33CCB

tetradic

#CBB33C #3CCB6C #3C54CB #CB3C9C

square

#CBB33C #3CCB6C #3C54CB #CB3C9C

split-complementary

#CBB33C #3C9CCB #6C3CCB

monochromatic

#6F611E #9F8C2A #CBB33C #D8C66C #E5D99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CBB33C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#CBB33C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB33C

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB33C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB33C	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)

#C5AF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb33c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 179, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.137 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc979',
    500: '#cbb33c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb33c;
$custom-light: #dfc979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb33c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76635,
    "c": 0.1369,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB33C

secondary

#929DD1

accent

#61E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB33C

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

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