#CBBE55#CBBE55

#CBBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.127 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBE55
RGB	rgb(203, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -8.55, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 54.23, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.027 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.127 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6833, 50.1810, 15.9248)
Luminance	0.5018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBE55 #5562CB

analogous

#CB8355 #CBBE55 #9DCB55

triadic

#CBBE55 #55CBBE #BE55CB

tetradic

#CBBE55 #55CB83 #5562CB #CB559D

square

#CBBE55 #55CB83 #5562CB #CB559D

split-complementary

#CBBE55 #559DCB #8355CB

monochromatic

#7F7527 #AEA035 #CBBE55 #D9D084 #E8E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CBBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#CBBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBE55

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBE55	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.127 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd188',
    500: '#cbbe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbe55;
$custom-light: #ddd188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79172,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBE55

secondary

#3E4687

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBE55

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

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