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#CBCA35 — Yellow

#CBCA35 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 #CBCA35 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.

#CBCA35 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #3434CB; it also sits naturally between #CB8034 and #80CB34. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CBCA35 · RGB 203, 202, 53

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Color values

HEX#CBCA35
RGB203, 202, 53
HSL60°, 59%, 50%
HSV60°, 74%, 80%
CMYK0%, 0%, 74%, 20%
XYZ46.39, 55.19, 11.58
Yxy55.19, 0.4100, 0.4877
CIE-Lab79.15, -16.47, 69.31
Hunter Lab74.29, -14.81, 40.21

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 79% · Blue 21%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 74% · Key 20%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CBCA35 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CBCA35 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CBCA35

.text { color: #CBCA35; }
.background { background-color: #CBCA35; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CBCA35; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(203, 202, 53); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 59%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CBCA35; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(203, 202, 53, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CBCA35; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(203, 202, 53, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CBCA35">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CBCA35">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CBCA35

#B6B62F#A6A62B#929226#828221#6D6D1C#595917#494913#35350E#242409#101004

Tints of #CBCA35

#D0D049#D4D459#D9D96D#DEDE7D#E3E392#E8E8A6#ECECB6#F1F1CA#F6F6DB#FBFBEF

Tones of #CBCA35

#C1C13E#B5B54A#ABAB54#9F9F60#95956A#8A8A75

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3434CB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.74:1 Fails
Against black text12.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #CBCA35: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CBCA35

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 #CBCA35: ·

How #CBCA35 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CBCB59Deuteranopia · #CBCB62Tritanopia · #CB767C

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 · #EAB308Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CBCA35 rather than the exact color:

Palette Cdc733
#CDC733 · #966C3B · #D0AF84 · #FFE6CA
Burning Bloom
#751C26 · #93462B · #927033 · #CACE37
Wild Ruby Breeze
#F2F0D4 · #D3CD64 · #D2CA32 · #A19B26
Frozen Cascade
#B85741 · #B67D2F · #CBC63C · #B9D586
Dreamy Ruby Drift
#E21ACB · #AC2246 · #DB6421 · #D0CD2D
Dusty Ruby Mosaic
#B64436 · #DE9E53 · #C5C135 · #709F2B

Similar colors

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

#CDC733#CACE37#D2CA32#CBC63C#D0CD2D#C5C135#C0CA37#C2C52E#C1C230#C3D02B#CABC33#C6C441

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CBCA34  ·  #CBCA36 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CBCA35?

#CBCA35 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 203, 202, 53). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CBCA35?

#CBCA35 is RGB 203, 202, 53 — HSL 60°, 59%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 74%, 20%.

What colors go with #CBCA35?

Its complement is #3434CB; analogous partners are #CB8034 and #80CB34. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CBCA35 for text?

Black text on #CBCA35 has a contrast ratio of 12.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.74:1.