#CBBE51#CBBE51

#CBBE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.130 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBE51
RGB	rgb(203, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -8.83, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 56.02, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0283 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.13 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5289, 50.1192, 15.1114)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBE51 #515ECB

analogous

#CB8151 #CBBE51 #9BCB51

triadic

#CBBE51 #51CBBE #BE51CB

tetradic

#CBBE51 #51CB81 #515ECB #CB519B

square

#CBBE51 #51CB81 #515ECB #CB519B

split-complementary

#CBBE51 #519BCB #8151CB

monochromatic

#7C7325 #AC9F33 #CBBE51 #D9D080 #E7E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CBBE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#CBBE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBE51

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBE51	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.130 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded186',
    500: '#cbbe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbe51;
$custom-light: #ded186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7913,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBE51

secondary

#3C4484

accent

#5ADD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBE51

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →