#CBC855#CBC855

#CBC855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.137 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC855
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -13.65, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 58.16, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0415 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.137 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9240, 54.6623, 16.6716)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC855 #5558CB

analogous

#CB8D55 #CBC855 #93CB55

triadic

#CBC855 #55CBC8 #C855CB

tetradic

#CBC855 #55CB8D #5558CB #CB5593

square

#CBC855 #55CB8D #5558CB #CB5593

split-complementary

#CBC855 #5593CB #8D55CB

monochromatic

#7F7D27 #AEAB35 #CBC855 #D9D784 #E8E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CBC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CBC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC855

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC855	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.137 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd889',
    500: '#cbc855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc855;
$custom-light: #ddd889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.475,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81292,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC855

secondary

#3E3F87

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC855

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

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