#CBAA42#CBAA42

#CBAA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.127 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAA42
RGB	rgb(203, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, 0.69, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 56.10, 89.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0027 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.127 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9888, 41.8416, 11.1232)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAA42 #4263CB

analogous

#CB6542 #CBAA42 #A8CB42

triadic

#CBAA42 #42CBAA #AA42CB

tetradic

#CBAA42 #42CB65 #4263CB #CB42A8

square

#CBAA42 #42CB65 #4263CB #CB42A8

split-complementary

#CBAA42 #42A8CB #6542CB

monochromatic

#735F20 #A3872D #CBAA42 #D8C072 #E5D5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CBAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#CBAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAA42

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAA42	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.127 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37b',
    500: '#cbaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbaa42;
$custom-light: #dec37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74828,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAA42

secondary

#97A5D2

accent

#6CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAA42

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

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