#CBB951#CBB951

#CBB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB951
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -6.25, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 54.21, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0209 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4645, 47.9903, 14.7566)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB951 #5163CB

analogous

#CB7C51 #CBB951 #A0CB51

triadic

#CBB951 #51CBB9 #B951CB

tetradic

#CBB951 #51CB7C #5163CB #CB51A0

square

#CBB951 #51CB7C #5163CB #CB51A0

split-complementary

#CBB951 #51A0CB #7C51CB

monochromatic

#7C7025 #AC9A33 #CBB951 #D9CC80 #E7DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CBB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#CBB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB951

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB951	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd86',
    500: '#cbb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb951;
$custom-light: #decd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78079,
    "c": 0.12575,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB951

secondary

#A3AAD5

accent

#60DD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB951

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

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