#CBB956#CBB956

#CBB956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB956
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -5.88, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 51.95, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0193 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6589, 48.0681, 15.7807)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB956 #5668CB

analogous

#CB7F56 #CBB956 #A3CB56

triadic

#CBB956 #56CBB9 #B956CB

tetradic

#CBB956 #56CB7F #5668CB #CB56A3

square

#CBB956 #56CB7F #5668CB #CB56A3

split-complementary

#CBB956 #56A3CB #7F56CB

monochromatic

#7F7227 #AE9C36 #CBB956 #D9CC85 #E8E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CBB956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#CBB956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB956

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB956	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)

#C9B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd89',
    500: '#cbb956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb956;
$custom-light: #ddcd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78134,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB956

secondary

#A6AED6

accent

#62DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB956

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

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