#CBAB44#CBAB44

#CBAB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.126 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAB44
RGB	rgb(203, 171, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 66.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, 0.27, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 55.52, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0037 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.126 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2369, 42.2419, 11.5019)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAB44 #4464CB

analogous

#CB6744 #CBAB44 #A7CB44

triadic

#CBAB44 #44CBAB #AB44CB

tetradic

#CBAB44 #44CB67 #4464CB #CB44A7

square

#CBAB44 #44CB67 #4464CB #CB44A7

split-complementary

#CBAB44 #44A7CB #6744CB

monochromatic

#746020 #A4882E #CBAB44 #D8C174 #E6D6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CBAB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#CBAB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAB44

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAB44	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)

#BDA938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbab44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 171, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.126 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37d',
    500: '#cbab44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbab44;
$custom-light: #dec37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbab44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75051,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAB44

secondary

#98A6D3

accent

#6CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAB44

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

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