#CBC655#CBC655

#CBC655 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.135 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC655
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -12.63, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 57.35, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0387 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.135 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4638, 53.7420, 16.5183)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC655 #555ACB

analogous

#CB8B55 #CBC655 #95CB55

triadic

#CBC655 #55CBC6 #C655CB

tetradic

#CBC655 #55CB8B #555ACB #CB5595

square

#CBC655 #55CB8B #555ACB #CB5595

split-complementary

#CBC655 #5595CB #8B55CB

monochromatic

#7F7B27 #AEA935 #CBC655 #D9D684 #E8E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CBC655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC655

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC655	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.135 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd789',
    500: '#cbc655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc655;
$custom-light: #ddd789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80866,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC655

secondary

#3E4187

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC655

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

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