#CBB659#CBB659

#CBB659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.116 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB659
RGB	rgb(203, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -4.09, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 49.50, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0137 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.116 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1613, 46.8755, 16.2236)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB659 #596ECB

analogous

#CB7D59 #CBB659 #A7CB59

triadic

#CBB659 #59CBB6 #B659CB

tetradic

#CBB659 #59CB7D #596ECB #CB59A7

square

#CBB659 #59CB7D #596ECB #CB59A7

split-complementary

#CBB659 #59A7CB #7D59CB

monochromatic

#817128 #B09A37 #CBB659 #DACA88 #E8DFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CBB659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#CBB659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB659

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB659	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.116 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcb8b',
    500: '#cbb659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb659;
$custom-light: #ddcb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77544,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB659

secondary

#A9B1D7

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB659

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

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