#CBC55B#CBC55B

#CBC55B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.128 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC55B
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 55.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -11.68, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 54.26, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0353 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.128 106)
XYZ	xyz(46.4846, 53.3858, 17.7513)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC55B #5B61CB

analogous

#CB8D5B #CBC55B #99CB5B

triadic

#CBC55B #5BCBC5 #C55BCB

tetradic

#CBC55B #5BCB8D #5B61CB #CB5B99

square

#CBC55B #5BCB8D #5B61CB #CB5B99

split-complementary

#CBC55B #5B99CB #8D5BCB

monochromatic

#827E29 #B1AA38 #CBC55B #DAD589 #E8E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CBC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC55B

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC55B	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.128 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd68d',
    500: '#cbc55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc55b;
$custom-light: #ddd68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80719,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.53384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC55B

secondary

#40448A

accent

#54DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC55B

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

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