#CBC550#CBC550

#CBC550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.138 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC550
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -12.48, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 59.12, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0388 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.138 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0444, 53.2097, 15.4329)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC550 #5056CB

analogous

#CB8750 #CBC550 #93CB50

triadic

#CBC550 #50CBC5 #C550CB

tetradic

#CBC550 #50CB87 #5056CB #CB5093

square

#CBC550 #50CB87 #5056CB #CB5093

split-complementary

#CBC550 #5093CB #8750CB

monochromatic

#7C7825 #ABA533 #CBC550 #D9D57F #E7E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBC550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CBC550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC550

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC550	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.138 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded686',
    500: '#cbc550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc550;
$custom-light: #ded686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80603,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC550

secondary

#3B3F84

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC550

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

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