#CBB53D#CBB53D

#CBB53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.138 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB53D
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 70%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -5.38, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 61.30, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0207 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.138 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9968, 46.0832, 11.0968)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB53D #3D53CB

analogous

#CB6E3D #CBB53D #9ACB3D

triadic

#CBB53D #3DCBB5 #B53DCB

tetradic

#CBB53D #3DCB6E #3D53CB #CB3D9A

square

#CBB53D #3DCB6E #3D53CB #CB3D9A

split-complementary

#CBB53D #3D9ACB #6E3DCB

monochromatic

#70631E #A08E2B #CBB53D #D8C76D #E5DA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CBB53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#CBB53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB53D

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB53D	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.138 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca7a',
    500: '#cbb53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb53d;
$custom-light: #dfca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7706,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB53D

secondary

#939CD1

accent

#5FE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB53D

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

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