#CBBD49#CBBD49

#CBBD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.136 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBD49
RGB	rgb(203, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -8.84, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 59.10, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0292 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.136 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0305, 49.5745, 13.5516)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBD49 #4957CB

analogous

#CB7C49 #CBBD49 #98CB49

triadic

#CBBD49 #49CBBD #BD49CB

tetradic

#CBBD49 #49CB7C #4957CB #CB4998

square

#CBBD49 #49CB7C #4957CB #CB4998

split-complementary

#CBBD49 #4998CB #7C49CB

monochromatic

#776E22 #A79A30 #CBBD49 #D9CE79 #E6E0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CBBD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#CBBD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBD49

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBD49	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.136 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded081',
    500: '#cbbd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbd49;
$custom-light: #ded081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78841,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBD49

secondary

#9CA2D4

accent

#59DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBD49

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

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