#CBC755#CBC755

#CBC755 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.136 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC755
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -13.14, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 57.75, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0401 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.136 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6932, 54.2006, 16.5947)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC755 #5559CB

analogous

#CB8C55 #CBC755 #94CB55

triadic

#CBC755 #55CBC7 #C755CB

tetradic

#CBC755 #55CB8C #5559CB #CB5594

square

#CBC755 #55CB8C #5559CB #CB5594

split-complementary

#CBC755 #5594CB #8C55CB

monochromatic

#7F7C27 #AEAA35 #CBC755 #D9D684 #E8E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CBC755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC755

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC755	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.136 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd789',
    500: '#cbc755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc755;
$custom-light: #ddd789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81079,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC755

secondary

#3E4087

accent

#50DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC755

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

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