#CBB957#CBB957

#CBB957 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.120 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB957
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -5.81, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 51.49, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0189 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.12 99)
XYZ	xyz(43.6995, 48.0843, 15.9943)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB957 #5769CB

analogous

#CB7F57 #CBB957 #A3CB57

triadic

#CBB957 #57CBB9 #B957CB

tetradic

#CBB957 #57CB7F #5769CB #CB57A3

square

#CBB957 #57CB7F #5769CB #CB57A3

split-complementary

#CBB957 #57A3CB #7F57CB

monochromatic

#807228 #AF9C36 #CBB957 #D9CC86 #E8E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CBB957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#CBB957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB957

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB957	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.120 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd89',
    500: '#cbb957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb957;
$custom-light: #ddcd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78145,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.48083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB957

secondary

#A7AFD7

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB957

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

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