#CBBE5B#CBBE5B

#CBBE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.121 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBE5B
RGB	rgb(203, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 55.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, -8.09, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 51.49, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.025 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.121 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9319, 50.2804, 17.2338)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBE5B #5B68CB

analogous

#CB865B #CBBE5B #A0CB5B

triadic

#CBBE5B #5BCBBE #BE5BCB

tetradic

#CBBE5B #5BCB86 #5B68CB #CB5BA0

square

#CBBE5B #5BCB86 #5B68CB #CB5BA0

split-complementary

#CBBE5B #5BA0CB #865BCB

monochromatic

#827829 #B1A338 #CBBE5B #DAD089 #E8E3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CBBE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#CBBE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBE5B

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBE5B	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbe5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.121 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd18c',
    500: '#cbbe5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbe5b;
$custom-light: #ddd18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbe5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7924,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBE5B

secondary

#40498A

accent

#5DDB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBE5B

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

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