#CBB955#CBB955

#CBB955 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB955
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -5.96, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 52.41, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0196 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6189, 48.0521, 15.5699)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB955 #5567CB

analogous

#CB7E55 #CBB955 #A2CB55

triadic

#CBB955 #55CBB9 #B955CB

tetradic

#CBB955 #55CB7E #5567CB #CB55A2

square

#CBB955 #55CB7E #5567CB #CB55A2

split-complementary

#CBB955 #55A2CB #7E55CB

monochromatic

#7F7127 #AE9B35 #CBB955 #D9CC84 #E8E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CBB955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#CBB955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB955

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB955	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd88',
    500: '#cbb955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb955;
$custom-light: #ddcd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78123,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB955

secondary

#A6ADD6

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB955

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

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