#CBC055#CBC055

#CBC055 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.129 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC055
RGB	rgb(203, 192, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -9.58, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 54.99, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0299 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.129 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1195, 51.0533, 16.0701)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC055 #5560CB

analogous

#CB8555 #CBC055 #9BCB55

triadic

#CBC055 #55CBC0 #C055CB

tetradic

#CBC055 #55CB85 #5560CB #CB559B

square

#CBC055 #55CB85 #5560CB #CB559B

split-complementary

#CBC055 #559BCB #8555CB

monochromatic

#7F7727 #AEA235 #CBC055 #D9D184 #E8E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CBC055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#CBC055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC055

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC055	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 192, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.129 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd289',
    500: '#cbc055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc055;
$custom-light: #ddd289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79594,
    "c": 0.12868,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC055

secondary

#3E4487

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC055

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

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