#CBB553#CBB553

#CBB553 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.121 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB553
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -4.02, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 51.94, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0142 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.121 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7155, 46.3707, 14.8824)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB553 #5369CB

analogous

#CB7953 #CBB553 #A5CB53

triadic

#CBB553 #53CBB5 #B553CB

tetradic

#CBB553 #53CB79 #5369CB #CB53A5

square

#CBB553 #53CB79 #5369CB #CB53A5

split-complementary

#CBB553 #53A5CB #7953CB

monochromatic

#7E6E26 #AD9734 #CBB553 #D9C982 #E7DDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CBB553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#CBB553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB553

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB553	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#C5B149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.121 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca87',
    500: '#cbb553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb553;
$custom-light: #deca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77267,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB553

secondary

#A4ADD6

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB553

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

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