#CBCA55#CBCA55

#CBCA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.139 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCA55
RGB	rgb(203, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -14.65, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 58.97, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0444 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.139 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3902, 55.5948, 16.8271)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCA55 #5556CB

analogous

#CB8F55 #CBCA55 #91CB55

triadic

#CBCA55 #55CBCA #CA55CB

tetradic

#CBCA55 #55CB8F #5556CB #CB5591

square

#CBCA55 #55CB8F #5556CB #CB5591

split-complementary

#CBCA55 #5591CB #8F55CB

monochromatic

#7F7E27 #AEAD35 #CBCA55 #D9D984 #E8E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBCA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#CBCA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCA55

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCA55	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.139 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd989',
    500: '#cbca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbca55;
$custom-light: #ddd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8172,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCA55

secondary

#3E3E87

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCA55

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

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