#CBC55D#CBC55D

#CBC55D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.126 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC55D
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 54.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -11.52, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 53.34, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0346 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.126 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5720, 53.4207, 18.2118)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC55D #5D63CB

analogous

#CB8E5D #CBC55D #9ACB5D

triadic

#CBC55D #5DCBC5 #C55DCB

tetradic

#CBC55D #5DCB8E #5D63CB #CB5D9A

square

#CBC55D #5DCB8E #5D63CB #CB5D9A

split-complementary

#CBC55D #5D9ACB #8E5DCB

monochromatic

#837F2A #B2AB39 #CBC55D #DAD68B #E9E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CBC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC55D

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC55D	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)

#D4BF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.126 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd68e',
    500: '#cbc55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc55d;
$custom-light: #ddd68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80742,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC55D

secondary

#41458B

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC55D

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

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