#CBD955#CBD955

#CBD955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.155 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD955
RGB	rgb(203, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -22.06, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 65.39, 109.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.0653 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.155 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0823, 62.9789, 18.0577)
Luminance	0.6298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD955 #6355D9

analogous

#D9A555 #CBD955 #89D955

triadic

#CBD955 #55CBD9 #D955CB

tetradic

#CBD955 #55D9A5 #6355D9 #D95589

square

#CBD955 #55D9A5 #6355D9 #D95589

split-complementary

#CBD955 #5589D9 #A555D9

monochromatic

#879321 #B5C52C #CBD955 #DAE487 #EAEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CBD955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#CBD955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD955

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD955	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.155 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee48a',
    500: '#cbd955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd955;
$custom-light: #dee48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.364,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84956,
    "c": 0.15528,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD955

secondary

#443A98

accent

#41E653

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD955

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

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