Information about #CBBE57 color

#CBBE57 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CBBE57 falls into the Yellow Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(203, 190, 87) — 79.6% red, 74.5% green, 34.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 5 / 45 / 20. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #CBBE57 reads as a clearly saturated sunny yellow and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Ginger Brown (#C9BE62). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Tacha (#D2B960) and Vegas Gold (#C5B358).

The recipe behind #CBBE57 is rgb(203, 190, 87), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #CBBE57: 11.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.9:1 for white. #CBBE57 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#CBBE57 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#CBBE57 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CBBE57

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Ginger Brown color link
Ginger Brown

#C9BE62

Tacha color link
Tacha

#D2B960

Vegas Gold color link
Vegas Gold

#C5B358

Gold Lustre color link
Gold Lustre

#C9B25F

Desert color link
Desert

#CCAD60

Wild Willow color link
Wild Willow

#BECA60

Lanzones color link
Lanzones

#E0BC5B

Equator color link
Equator

#DAB160

Ipanema color link
Ipanema

#DCC64B

Laser color link
Laser

#C6A95E

Billy T color link
Billy T

#C1B943

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CBBE57
  • RGB203, 190, 87
  • CMYK0, 5, 45, 20
  • CSSrgb(203, 190, 87)
  • HSL53°, 53%, 57%
  • HSL Precise53.276°, 52.727%, 56.863%
  • HSV53°, 57%, 80%
  • HSB53°, 57%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.796
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.745
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.341
  • GLSLvec3(0.796, 0.745, 0.341)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.796, 0.745, 0.341, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.796, 0.745, 0.341)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB79.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB74.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB34.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDCBBE57
  • DECIMAL ID13352535
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01