#CBBD53#CBBD53

#CBBD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.128 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBD53
RGB	rgb(203, 189, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -8.18, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 54.76, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0262 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.128 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3891, 49.7179, 15.4403)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBD53 #5361CB

analogous

#CB8153 #CBBD53 #9DCB53

triadic

#CBBD53 #53CBBD #BD53CB

tetradic

#CBBD53 #53CB81 #5361CB #CB539D

square

#CBBD53 #53CB81 #5361CB #CB539D

split-complementary

#CBBD53 #539DCB #8153CB

monochromatic

#7E7326 #AD9F34 #CBBD53 #D9CF82 #E7E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CBBD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#CBBD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBD53

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBD53	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)

#CDB848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 189, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.128 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded087',
    500: '#cbbd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbd53;
$custom-light: #ded087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7894,
    "c": 0.12759,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBD53

secondary

#A4AAD6

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBD53

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

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