#CBBD55#CBBD55

#CBBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.126 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBD55
RGB	rgb(203, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -8.03, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 53.86, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0255 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.126 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4675, 49.7493, 15.8528)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBD55 #5563CB

analogous

#CB8255 #CBBD55 #9ECB55

triadic

#CBBD55 #55CBBD #BD55CB

tetradic

#CBBD55 #55CB82 #5563CB #CB559E

square

#CBBD55 #55CB82 #5563CB #CB559E

split-complementary

#CBBD55 #559ECB #8255CB

monochromatic

#7F7427 #AE9F35 #CBBD55 #D9CF84 #E8E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CBBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#CBBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBD55

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBD55	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.126 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd088',
    500: '#cbbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbd55;
$custom-light: #ddd088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78961,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBD55

secondary

#A6ABD6

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBD55

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

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