#CBB855#CBB855

#CBB855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.121 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB855
RGB	rgb(203, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -5.44, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 52.05, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0181 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.121 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4104, 47.6352, 15.5005)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB855 #5568CB

analogous

#CB7D55 #CBB855 #A3CB55

triadic

#CBB855 #55CBB8 #B855CB

tetradic

#CBB855 #55CB7D #5568CB #CB55A3

square

#CBB855 #55CB7D #5568CB #CB55A3

split-complementary

#CBB855 #55A3CB #7D55CB

monochromatic

#7F7127 #AE9A35 #CBB855 #D9CC84 #E8DFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CBB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#CBB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB855

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB855	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.121 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd88',
    500: '#cbb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb855;
$custom-light: #ddcd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77914,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB855

secondary

#A6ADD6

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB855

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

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