#CBB959#CBB959

#CBB959 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.119 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB959
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -5.66, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 50.56, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0182 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.119 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7823, 48.1175, 16.4306)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB959 #596BCB

analogous

#CB8059 #CBB959 #A4CB59

triadic

#CBB959 #59CBB9 #B959CB

tetradic

#CBB959 #59CB80 #596BCB #CB59A4

square

#CBB959 #59CB80 #596BCB #CB59A4

split-complementary

#CBB959 #59A4CB #8059CB

monochromatic

#817328 #B09D37 #CBB959 #DACD88 #E8E0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CBB959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#CBB959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB959

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB959	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)

#C9B550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.119 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd8b',
    500: '#cbb959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb959;
$custom-light: #ddcd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78169,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB959

secondary

#A9B0D7

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB959

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

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