#CBC455#CBC455

#CBC455 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.133 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC455
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -11.62, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 56.55, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0358 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.133 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0097, 52.8337, 16.3669)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC455 #555CCB

analogous

#CB8955 #CBC455 #97CB55

triadic

#CBC455 #55CBC4 #C455CB

tetradic

#CBC455 #55CB89 #555CCB #CB5597

square

#CBC455 #55CB89 #555CCB #CB5597

split-complementary

#CBC455 #5597CB #8955CB

monochromatic

#7F7A27 #AEA735 #CBC455 #D9D484 #E8E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBC455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CBC455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC455

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC455	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.133 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd589',
    500: '#cbc455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc455;
$custom-light: #ddd589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80441,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC455

secondary

#3E4287

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC455

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

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