#CBB551#CBB551

#CBB551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.122 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB551
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -4.16, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 52.84, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0149 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.122 97)
XYZ	xyz(42.6394, 46.3403, 14.4816)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB551 #5167CB

analogous

#CB7851 #CBB551 #A4CB51

triadic

#CBB551 #51CBB5 #B551CB

tetradic

#CBB551 #51CB78 #5167CB #CB51A4

square

#CBB551 #51CB78 #5167CB #CB51A4

split-complementary

#CBB551 #51A4CB #7851CB

monochromatic

#7C6D25 #AC9633 #CBB551 #D9C980 #E7DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CBB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#CBB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB551

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB551	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.122 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca85',
    500: '#cbb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb551;
$custom-light: #deca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77245,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.46338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB551

secondary

#A3ACD5

accent

#65DD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB551

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

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