#CBBD57#CBBD57

#CBBD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBD57
RGB	rgb(203, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -7.88, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 52.95, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0249 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5481, 49.7815, 16.2772)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBD57 #5765CB

analogous

#CB8357 #CBBD57 #9FCB57

triadic

#CBBD57 #57CBBD #BD57CB

tetradic

#CBBD57 #57CB83 #5765CB #CB579F

square

#CBBD57 #57CB83 #5765CB #CB579F

split-complementary

#CBBD57 #579FCB #8357CB

monochromatic

#807528 #AFA036 #CBBD57 #D9CF86 #E8E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CBBD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#CBBD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBD57

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBD57	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd08a',
    500: '#cbbd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbd57;
$custom-light: #ddd08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78983,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBD57

secondary

#A7ADD7

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBD57

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

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