#CBAB43#CBAB43

#CBAB43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.126 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAB43
RGB	rgb(203, 171, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 67%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, 0.21, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 55.95, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.004 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.126 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2067, 42.2298, 11.3425)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAB43 #4363CB

analogous

#CB6743 #CBAB43 #A7CB43

triadic

#CBAB43 #43CBAB #AB43CB

tetradic

#CBAB43 #43CB67 #4363CB #CB43A7

square

#CBAB43 #43CB67 #4363CB #CB43A7

split-complementary

#CBAB43 #43A7CB #6743CB

monochromatic

#746020 #A4882D #CBAB43 #D8C073 #E6D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CBAB43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#CBAB43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAB43

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAB43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAB43	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbab43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 171, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.126 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37c',
    500: '#cbab43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbab43;
$custom-light: #dec37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbab43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75042,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAB43

secondary

#98A5D2

accent

#6CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAB43

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

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