#CBB851#CBB851

#CBB851 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB851
RGB	rgb(203, 184, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -5.73, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 53.86, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0194 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2560, 47.5734, 14.6871)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB851 #5164CB

analogous

#CB7B51 #CBB851 #A1CB51

triadic

#CBB851 #51CBB8 #B851CB

tetradic

#CBB851 #51CB7B #5164CB #CB51A1

square

#CBB851 #51CB7B #5164CB #CB51A1

split-complementary

#CBB851 #51A1CB #7B51CB

monochromatic

#7C6F25 #AC9933 #CBB851 #D9CB80 #E7DEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CBB851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#CBB851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB851

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB851	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 184, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd86',
    500: '#cbb851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb851;
$custom-light: #decd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7787,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB851

secondary

#A3AAD5

accent

#61DD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB851

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

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