#CBC355#CBC355

#CBC355 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.132 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC355
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -11.11, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 56.16, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0343 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.132 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7849, 52.3841, 16.2919)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC355 #555DCB

analogous

#CB8855 #CBC355 #98CB55

triadic

#CBC355 #55CBC3 #C355CB

tetradic

#CBC355 #55CB88 #555DCB #CB5598

square

#CBC355 #55CB88 #555DCB #CB5598

split-complementary

#CBC355 #5598CB #8855CB

monochromatic

#7F7927 #AEA635 #CBC355 #D9D484 #E8E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CBC355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC355

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC355	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.132 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd489',
    500: '#cbc355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc355;
$custom-light: #ddd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80229,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC355

secondary

#3E4387

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC355

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

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