#CBB555#CBB555

#CBB555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.119 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB555
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -3.87, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 51.02, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0136 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.119 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7939, 46.4021, 15.2949)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB555 #556BCB

analogous

#CB7A55 #CBB555 #A6CB55

triadic

#CBB555 #55CBB5 #B555CB

tetradic

#CBB555 #55CB7A #556BCB #CB55A6

square

#CBB555 #55CB7A #556BCB #CB55A6

split-complementary

#CBB555 #55A6CB #7A55CB

monochromatic

#7F6E27 #AE9735 #CBB555 #D9C984 #E8DEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CBB555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#CBB555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB555

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB555	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.119 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca88',
    500: '#cbb555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb555;
$custom-light: #ddca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77289,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB555

secondary

#A6AFD6

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB555

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

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