#CBB550#CBB550

#CBB550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.123 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB550
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -4.23, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 53.29, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0152 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.123 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6022, 46.3254, 14.2855)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB550 #5066CB

analogous

#CB7750 #CBB550 #A4CB50

triadic

#CBB550 #50CBB5 #B550CB

tetradic

#CBB550 #50CB77 #5066CB #CB50A4

square

#CBB550 #50CB77 #5066CB #CB50A4

split-complementary

#CBB550 #50A4CB #7750CB

monochromatic

#7C6C25 #AB9533 #CBB550 #D9C97F #E7DDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CBB550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#CBB550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB550

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB550	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.123 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca85',
    500: '#cbb550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb550;
$custom-light: #deca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77234,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB550

secondary

#A2ABD5

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB550

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

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