#CBC955#CBC955

#CBC955 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.138 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC955
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -14.15, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 58.56, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.043 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.138 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1563, 55.1270, 16.7491)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC955 #5557CB

analogous

#CB8E55 #CBC955 #92CB55

triadic

#CBC955 #55CBC9 #C955CB

tetradic

#CBC955 #55CB8E #5557CB #CB5592

square

#CBC955 #55CB8E #5557CB #CB5592

split-complementary

#CBC955 #5592CB #8E55CB

monochromatic

#7F7D27 #AEAC35 #CBC955 #D9D884 #E8E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CBC955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC955

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC955	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.138 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd989',
    500: '#cbc955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc955;
$custom-light: #ddd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81506,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC955

secondary

#3E3F87

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC955

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

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