#CBB557#CBB557

#CBB557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.117 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB557
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -3.72, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 50.09, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0129 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.117 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8744, 46.4343, 15.7193)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB557 #576DCB

analogous

#CB7B57 #CBB557 #A7CB57

triadic

#CBB557 #57CBB5 #B557CB

tetradic

#CBB557 #57CB7B #576DCB #CB57A7

square

#CBB557 #57CB7B #576DCB #CB57A7

split-complementary

#CBB557 #57A7CB #7B57CB

monochromatic

#806F28 #AF9836 #CBB557 #D9CA86 #E8DEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CBB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#CBB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB557

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB557	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.117 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca89',
    500: '#cbb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb557;
$custom-light: #ddca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77313,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB557

secondary

#A7B0D7

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB557

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

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