#CBBC59#CBBC59

#CBBC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBC59
RGB	rgb(203, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -7.21, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 51.66, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0227 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4165, 49.3859, 16.6420)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBC59 #5968CB

analogous

#CB8359 #CBBC59 #A1CB59

triadic

#CBBC59 #59CBBC #BC59CB

tetradic

#CBBC59 #59CB83 #5968CB #CB59A1

square

#CBBC59 #59CB83 #5968CB #CB59A1

split-complementary

#CBBC59 #59A1CB #8359CB

monochromatic

#817528 #B0A037 #CBBC59 #DACF88 #E8E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#CBBC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#CBBC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBC59

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBC59	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf8b',
    500: '#cbbc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbc59;
$custom-light: #ddcf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78796,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBC59

secondary

#A9AFD7

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBC59

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

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