#CBAB42#CBAB42

#CBAB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.127 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAB42
RGB	rgb(203, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, 0.16, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 56.37, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0043 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.127 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1769, 42.2179, 11.1859)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAB42 #4262CB

analogous

#CB6642 #CBAB42 #A7CB42

triadic

#CBAB42 #42CBAB #AB42CB

tetradic

#CBAB42 #42CB66 #4262CB #CB42A7

square

#CBAB42 #42CB66 #4262CB #CB42A7

split-complementary

#CBAB42 #42A7CB #6642CB

monochromatic

#736020 #A3872D #CBAB42 #D8C072 #E5D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CBAB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#CBAB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAB42

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAB42	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.127 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37c',
    500: '#cbab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbab42;
$custom-light: #dec37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75032,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAB42

secondary

#97A5D2

accent

#6BE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAB42

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

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