#CBB556#CBB556

#CBB556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.118 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB556
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -3.80, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 50.56, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0132 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.118 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8339, 46.4181, 15.5056)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB556 #566CCB

analogous

#CB7B56 #CBB556 #A7CB56

triadic

#CBB556 #56CBB5 #B556CB

tetradic

#CBB556 #56CB7B #566CCB #CB56A7

square

#CBB556 #56CB7B #566CCB #CB56A7

split-complementary

#CBB556 #56A7CB #7B56CB

monochromatic

#7F6F27 #AE9836 #CBB556 #D9C985 #E8DEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CBB556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#CBB556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB556

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB556	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)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.118 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca89',
    500: '#cbb556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb556;
$custom-light: #ddca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.718,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77301,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB556

secondary

#A6AFD6

accent

#67DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB556

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

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