#CBB950#CBB950

#CBB950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.127 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB950
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -6.32, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 54.66, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0212 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.127 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4272, 47.9755, 14.5605)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB950 #5062CB

analogous

#CB7C50 #CBB950 #9FCB50

triadic

#CBB950 #50CBB9 #B950CB

tetradic

#CBB950 #50CB7C #5062CB #CB509F

square

#CBB950 #50CB7C #5062CB #CB509F

split-complementary

#CBB950 #509FCB #7C50CB

monochromatic

#7C6F25 #AB9933 #CBB950 #D9CC7F #E7DFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CBB950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#CBB950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB950

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB950	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.127 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd85',
    500: '#cbb950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb950;
$custom-light: #decd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78069,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB950

secondary

#A2A9D5

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB950

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

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