#cb9c00

Color #cb9c00

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 4.96 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#cb9c00

RGB

rgb(203, 156, 0)

HSL

hsl(46.1, 100%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(46.1, 100%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 100%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(66.88, 6.24, 70.73)

LCH

lch(66.88, 71, 84.96)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.1466, 86.91)

HWB

hwb(46.1, 0%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#002fcb

Analogous

#cb3600

#cb9c00

#95cb00

Triadic

#cb9c00

#00cb9c

#9c00cb

Split-complementary

#cb9c00

#0095cb

#3600cb

Tetradic

#cb9c00

#2fcb00

#002fcb

#9c00cb

Square

#cb9c00

#00cb36

#002fcb

#cb0095

Shades

Color #cb9c00 mixed toward black.

#a98200

#876800

#654e00

#443400

#221a00

Tints

Color #cb9c00 mixed toward white.

#fec300

#ffd032

#ffdb65

#ffe799

#fff3cc

Tones

Color #cb9c00 mixed toward gray.

#ba9311

#a98a22

#988133

#877844

#766f55

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b850 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#bbbe59 · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#c96a6f · ΔE 39.3

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 27.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #cb9c00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cb9c00]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Gold #ffd700

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#cb9c00 (#cb9c00) is rgb(203, 156, 0) in RGB.

No, #cb9c00 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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