#CBAB32#CBAB32

#CBAB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.138 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAB32
RGB	rgb(203, 171, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 75.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -0.63, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 62.60, 90.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0083 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.138 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7694, 42.0549, 9.0397)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAB32 #3252CB

analogous

#CB5F32 #CBAB32 #9FCB32

triadic

#CBAB32 #32CBAB #AB32CB

tetradic

#CBAB32 #32CB5F #3252CB #CB329F

square

#CBAB32 #32CB5F #3252CB #CB329F

split-complementary

#CBAB32 #329FCB #5F32CB

monochromatic

#69581A #9A8226 #CBAB32 #D8C062 #E4D393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CBAB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#CBAB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAB32

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAB32	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA81C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbab32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 171, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.138 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc373',
    500: '#cbab32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbab32;
$custom-light: #dfc373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbab32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74908,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAB32

secondary

#8998CF

accent

#66E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAB32

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

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