#CBBE59#CBBE59

#CBBE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.123 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBE59
RGB	rgb(203, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -8.25, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 52.41, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0257 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.123 102)
XYZ	xyz(44.8467, 50.2463, 16.7854)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBE59 #5966CB

analogous

#CB8559 #CBBE59 #9FCB59

triadic

#CBBE59 #59CBBE #BE59CB

tetradic

#CBBE59 #59CB85 #5966CB #CB599F

square

#CBBE59 #59CB85 #5966CB #CB599F

split-complementary

#CBBE59 #599FCB #8559CB

monochromatic

#817728 #B0A237 #CBBE59 #DAD088 #E8E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CBBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#CBBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBE59

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBE59	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.123 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd18b',
    500: '#cbbe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbe59;
$custom-light: #ddd18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79216,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.50245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBE59

secondary

#3F4889

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBE59

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

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