#CBB355#CBB355

#CBB355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.117 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB355
RGB	rgb(203, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -2.82, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 50.35, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0106 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.117 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3901, 45.5946, 15.1604)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB355 #556DCB

analogous

#CB7855 #CBB355 #A8CB55

triadic

#CBB355 #55CBB3 #B355CB

tetradic

#CBB355 #55CB78 #556DCB #CB55A8

square

#CBB355 #55CB78 #556DCB #CB55A8

split-complementary

#CBB355 #55A8CB #7855CB

monochromatic

#7F6D27 #AE9535 #CBB355 #D9C884 #E8DDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CBB355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#CBB355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB355

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB355	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.117 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec988',
    500: '#cbb355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb355;
$custom-light: #dec988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76875,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB355

secondary

#A6B0D6

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB355

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

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