#CBBD5B#CBBD5B

#CBBD5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.120 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBD5B
RGB	rgb(203, 189, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 55.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -7.57, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 51.11, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0235 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.12 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7160, 49.8487, 17.1618)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBD5B #5B69CB

analogous

#CB855B #CBBD5B #A1CB5B

triadic

#CBBD5B #5BCBBD #BD5BCB

tetradic

#CBBD5B #5BCB85 #5B69CB #CB5BA1

square

#CBBD5B #5BCB85 #5B69CB #CB5BA1

split-complementary

#CBBD5B #5BA1CB #855BCB

monochromatic

#827729 #B1A238 #CBBD5B #DAD089 #E8E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CBBD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#CBBD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBD5B

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBD5B	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 189, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.120 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd08c',
    500: '#cbbd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbd5b;
$custom-light: #ddd08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7903,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBD5B

secondary

#AAB0D7

accent

#5EDB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBD5B

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

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