#CBB559#CBB559

#CBB559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.115 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB559
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -3.57, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 49.16, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0122 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.115 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9573, 46.4674, 16.1556)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB559 #596FCB

analogous

#CB7C59 #CBB559 #A8CB59

triadic

#CBB559 #59CBB5 #B559CB

tetradic

#CBB559 #59CB7C #596FCB #CB59A8

square

#CBB559 #59CB7C #596FCB #CB59A8

split-complementary

#CBB559 #59A8CB #7C59CB

monochromatic

#817028 #B09837 #CBB559 #DACA88 #E8DFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CBB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#CBB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB559

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB559	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)

#C5B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.115 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca8b',
    500: '#cbb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb559;
$custom-light: #ddca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77336,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB559

secondary

#A9B2D7

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB559

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

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