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#CBC025 — Yellow

#CBC025 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #CBC025 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CBC025 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #2530CB; it also sits naturally between #CB6D25 and #83CB25. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CBC025 · RGB 203, 192, 37

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Color values

HEX#CBC025
RGB203, 192, 37
HSL56°, 69%, 47%
HSV56°, 82%, 80%
CMYK0%, 5%, 82%, 20%
XYZ43.81, 50.53, 9.19
Yxy50.53, 0.4232, 0.4880
CIE-Lab76.39, -12.01, 71.55
Hunter Lab71.08, -10.75, 39.69

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 75% · Blue 15%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 82% · Key 20%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CBC025 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CBC025 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CBC025

.text { color: #CBC025; }
.background { background-color: #CBC025; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CBC025; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(203, 192, 37); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 69%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CBC025; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(203, 192, 37, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CBC025; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(203, 192, 37, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CBC025">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CBC025">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CBC025

#B9AF22#A49B1E#938B1B#817A18#706A15#5A5611#49450D#38350A#222106#111003

Tints of #CBC025

#D9CE30#DDD346#E1D85B#E5DD71#E9E286#ECE698#F0ECAD#F4F1C3#F8F6D8#FCFBEE

Tones of #CBC025

#BFB531#B3AB3D#A7A049#9C9754#908D60#84826C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #2530CB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.89:1 Fails
Against black text11.11:1 AAA

Best text color on #CBC025: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CBC025

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CBC025: ·

How #CBC025 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #C6C64BDeuteranopia · #C7C854Tritanopia · #CA686F

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308Tailwind amber 500 · #F59E0B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CBC025 rather than the exact color:

Wild Garden
#C5BE23 · #93DB36 · #37E127 · #28DC6E
Crimson Twilight
#841A8E · #D3C526 · #54E0D4 · #D7A9E6
Smoky Ruby Bloom
#CBC019 · #C1EE6C · #86E866 · #44DF5C
Electric Zephyr
#168C8F · #B41CB1 · #C3C71F · #A7E8E4
Modern Ruby Marble
#C3C61D · #23DCDF · #CA1DC6 · #F3F1CE
Dreamy Petal
#1A2EAF · #7468E8 · #CCB51E · #EFECB4

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#C5BE23#D3C526#CBC019#C3C71F#C3C61D#CCB51E#D5C828#C2C52E#C2B82C#D8BD2A#CABC33#CAB31E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CBC024  ·  #CBC026 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CBC025?

#CBC025 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 203, 192, 37). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CBC025?

#CBC025 is RGB 203, 192, 37 — HSL 56°, 69%, 47% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 82%, 20%.

What colors go with #CBC025?

Its complement is #2530CB; analogous partners are #CB6D25 and #83CB25. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CBC025 for text?

Black text on #CBC025 has a contrast ratio of 11.11:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.89:1.