#CBB856#CBB856

#CBB856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.120 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB856
RGB	rgb(203, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -5.36, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 51.59, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0178 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.121 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4504, 47.6512, 15.7112)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB856 #5669CB

analogous

#CB7E56 #CBB856 #A4CB56

triadic

#CBB856 #56CBB8 #B856CB

tetradic

#CBB856 #56CB7E #5669CB #CB56A4

square

#CBB856 #56CB7E #5669CB #CB56A4

split-complementary

#CBB856 #56A4CB #7E56CB

monochromatic

#7F7127 #AE9B36 #CBB856 #D9CC85 #E8DFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CBB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#CBB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB856

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB856	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)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.120 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd89',
    500: '#cbb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb856;
$custom-light: #ddcd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77925,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB856

secondary

#A6AED6

accent

#63DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB856

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

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