#CBC155#CBC155

#CBC155 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.130 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC155
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -10.09, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 55.38, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0314 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.13 104)
XYZ	xyz(45.3398, 51.4939, 16.1436)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC155 #555FCB

analogous

#CB8655 #CBC155 #9ACB55

triadic

#CBC155 #55CBC1 #C155CB

tetradic

#CBC155 #55CB86 #555FCB #CB559A

square

#CBC155 #55CB86 #555FCB #CB559A

split-complementary

#CBC155 #559ACB #8655CB

monochromatic

#7F7727 #AEA335 #CBC155 #D9D284 #E8E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CBC155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CBC155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC155

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC155	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.130 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd389',
    500: '#cbc155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc155;
$custom-light: #ddd389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79805,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.51492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC155

secondary

#3E4487

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC155

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

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