#CBCC55#CBCC55

#CBCC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.141 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCC55
RGB	rgb(203, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -15.66, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 59.80, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0472 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.141 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8625, 56.5394, 16.9845)
Luminance	0.5654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCC55 #5655CC

analogous

#CC9255 #CBCC55 #90CC55

triadic

#CBCC55 #55CBCC #CC55CB

tetradic

#CBCC55 #55CC92 #5655CC #CC5590

square

#CBCC55 #55CC92 #5655CC #CC5590

split-complementary

#CBCC55 #5590CC #9255CC

monochromatic

#7F8026 #AEAF35 #CBCC55 #D9DA84 #E8E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CBCC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#CBCC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCC55

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCC55	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.141 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb89',
    500: '#cbcc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcc55;
$custom-light: #dddb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.504,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82148,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCC55

secondary

#3E3D88

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCC55

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

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