#CBBB51#CBBB51

#CBBB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBB51
RGB	rgb(203, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -7.28, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 54.92, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0238 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8858, 48.8330, 14.8970)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBB51 #5161CB

analogous

#CB7E51 #CBBB51 #9ECB51

triadic

#CBBB51 #51CBBB #BB51CB

tetradic

#CBBB51 #51CB7E #5161CB #CB519E

square

#CBBB51 #51CB7E #5161CB #CB519E

split-complementary

#CBBB51 #519ECB #7E51CB

monochromatic

#7C7125 #AC9C33 #CBBB51 #D9CD80 #E7E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CBBB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#CBBB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBB51

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBB51	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decf86',
    500: '#cbbb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbb51;
$custom-light: #decf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78498,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBB51

secondary

#A3A9D5

accent

#5EDD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBB51

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

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