#CBBD51#CBBD51

#CBBD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.129 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBD51
RGB	rgb(203, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -8.32, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 55.65, 98.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0268 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.129 102)
XYZ	xyz(44.3130, 49.6875, 15.0394)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBD51 #515FCB

analogous

#CB8051 #CBBD51 #9CCB51

triadic

#CBBD51 #51CBBD #BD51CB

tetradic

#CBBD51 #51CB80 #515FCB #CB519C

square

#CBBD51 #51CB80 #515FCB #CB519C

split-complementary

#CBBD51 #519CCB #8051CB

monochromatic

#7C7225 #AC9E33 #CBBD51 #D9CF80 #E7E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CBBD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#CBBD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBD51

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBD51	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.129 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded086',
    500: '#cbbd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbd51;
$custom-light: #ded086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78919,
    "c": 0.12931,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.49686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBD51

secondary

#A3A8D5

accent

#5BDD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBD51

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

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