#CBBB59#CBBB59

#CBBB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.120 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBB59
RGB	rgb(203, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -6.69, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 51.29, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0212 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.12 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2037, 48.9602, 16.5711)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBB59 #5969CB

analogous

#CB8259 #CBBB59 #A2CB59

triadic

#CBBB59 #59CBBB #BB59CB

tetradic

#CBBB59 #59CB82 #5969CB #CB59A2

square

#CBBB59 #59CB82 #5969CB #CB59A2

split-complementary

#CBBB59 #59A2CB #8259CB

monochromatic

#817528 #B09F37 #CBBB59 #DACE88 #E8E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CBBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#CBBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBB59

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBB59	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.120 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf8b',
    500: '#cbbb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbb59;
$custom-light: #ddcf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78587,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBB59

secondary

#A9AFD7

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBB59

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

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