#CBBE35#CBBE35

#CBBE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.150 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBE35
RGB	rgb(203, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 73.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -10.40, 66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 67.10, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0357 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.15 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6866, 49.7823, 10.6752)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBE35 #3542CB

analogous

#CB7335 #CBBE35 #8DCB35

triadic

#CBBE35 #35CBBE #BE35CB

tetradic

#CBBE35 #35CB73 #3542CB #CB358D

square

#CBBE35 #35CB73 #3542CB #CB358D

split-complementary

#CBBE35 #358DCB #7335CB

monochromatic

#6A631B #9B9128 #CBBE35 #D8CE66 #E4DD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CBBE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#CBBE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBE35

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBE35	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)

#CFB81A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbe35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.150 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd176',
    500: '#cbbe35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbe35;
$custom-light: #dfd176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbe35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.8,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78899,
    "c": 0.15011,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBE35

secondary

#8C92CF

accent

#53E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBE35

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

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