#CBBD59#CBBD59

#CBBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.122 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBD59
RGB	rgb(203, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -7.73, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 52.03, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0242 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.122 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6309, 49.8146, 16.7135)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBD59 #5967CB

analogous

#CB8459 #CBBD59 #A0CB59

triadic

#CBBD59 #59CBBD #BD59CB

tetradic

#CBBD59 #59CB84 #5967CB #CB59A0

square

#CBBD59 #59CB84 #5967CB #CB59A0

split-complementary

#CBBD59 #59A0CB #8459CB

monochromatic

#817628 #B0A137 #CBBD59 #DAD088 #E8E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CBBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#CBBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBD59

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBD59	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)

#CCB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.122 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd08b',
    500: '#cbbd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbd59;
$custom-light: #ddd08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79006,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBD59

secondary

#A9AED7

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBD59

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

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