#CBB53A#CBB53A

#CBB53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.140 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB53A
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 71.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -5.53, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 62.45, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0214 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.14 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9182, 46.0518, 10.6831)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB53A #3A50CB

analogous

#CB6C3A #CBB53A #98CB3A

triadic

#CBB53A #3ACBB5 #B53ACB

tetradic

#CBB53A #3ACB6C #3A50CB #CB3A98

square

#CBB53A #3ACB6C #3A50CB #CB3A98

split-complementary

#CBB53A #3A98CB #6C3ACB

monochromatic

#6E611D #9E8C2A #CBB53A #D8C76A #E5D99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CBB53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#CBB53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB53A

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB53A	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.140 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca78',
    500: '#cbb53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb53a;
$custom-light: #dfca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77037,
    "c": 0.13972,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB53A

secondary

#909AD0

accent

#5EE146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB53A

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

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