#CBC255#CBC255

#CBC255 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.131 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC255
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -10.60, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 55.77, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0329 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.131 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5616, 51.9375, 16.2175)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC255 #555ECB

analogous

#CB8755 #CBC255 #99CB55

triadic

#CBC255 #55CBC2 #C255CB

tetradic

#CBC255 #55CB87 #555ECB #CB5599

square

#CBC255 #55CB87 #555ECB #CB5599

split-complementary

#CBC255 #5599CB #8755CB

monochromatic

#7F7827 #AEA435 #CBC255 #D9D384 #E8E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CBC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC255

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC255	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.131 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd489',
    500: '#cbc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc255;
$custom-light: #ddd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80017,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC255

secondary

#3E4387

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC255

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

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