#CBB456#CBB456

#CBB456 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.117 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB456
RGB	rgb(203, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -3.27, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 50.22, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0117 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.117 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6313, 46.0129, 15.4381)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB456 #566DCB

analogous

#CB7A56 #CBB456 #A8CB56

triadic

#CBB456 #56CBB4 #B456CB

tetradic

#CBB456 #56CB7A #566DCB #CB56A8

square

#CBB456 #56CB7A #566DCB #CB56A8

split-complementary

#CBB456 #56A8CB #7A56CB

monochromatic

#7F6E27 #AE9636 #CBB456 #D9C985 #E8DEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CBB456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#CBB456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB456

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB456	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.117 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca89',
    500: '#cbb456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb456;
$custom-light: #ddca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77094,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB456

secondary

#A6B0D6

accent

#68DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB456

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

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