#CBB53B#CBB53B

#CBB53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB53B
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -5.48, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 62.07, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0212 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9439, 46.0621, 10.8184)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB53B #3B51CB

analogous

#CB6D3B #CBB53B #99CB3B

triadic

#CBB53B #3BCBB5 #B53BCB

tetradic

#CBB53B #3BCB6D #3B51CB #CB3B99

square

#CBB53B #3BCB6D #3B51CB #CB3B99

split-complementary

#CBB53B #3B99CB #6D3BCB

monochromatic

#6E621D #9F8D2A #CBB53B #D8C76B #E5DA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CBB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#CBB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB53B

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB53B	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)

#C7B028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca78',
    500: '#cbb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb53b;
$custom-light: #dfca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77045,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB53B

secondary

#919BD1

accent

#5EE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB53B

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

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