#CBBD56#CBBD56

#CBBD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.125 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBD56
RGB	rgb(203, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -7.96, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 53.41, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0252 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.125 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5075, 49.7653, 16.0635)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBD56 #5664CB

analogous

#CB8356 #CBBD56 #9ECB56

triadic

#CBBD56 #56CBBD #BD56CB

tetradic

#CBBD56 #56CB83 #5664CB #CB569E

square

#CBBD56 #56CB83 #5664CB #CB569E

split-complementary

#CBBD56 #569ECB #8356CB

monochromatic

#7F7527 #AEA036 #CBBD56 #D9CF85 #E8E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CBBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#CBBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBD56

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBD56	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)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.125 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd089',
    500: '#cbbd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbd56;
$custom-light: #ddd089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78972,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBD56

secondary

#A6ACD6

accent

#5DDC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBD56

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

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