#CBAB45#CBAB45

#CBAB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.125 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAB45
RGB	rgb(203, 171, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 66%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, 0.33, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 55.09, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0034 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.125 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2677, 42.2543, 11.6640)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAB45 #4565CB

analogous

#CB6845 #CBAB45 #A8CB45

triadic

#CBAB45 #45CBAB #AB45CB

tetradic

#CBAB45 #45CB68 #4565CB #CB45A8

square

#CBAB45 #45CB68 #4565CB #CB45A8

split-complementary

#CBAB45 #45A8CB #6845CB

monochromatic

#756121 #A5882E #CBAB45 #D8C175 #E6D6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CBAB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#CBAB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAB45

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAB45	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)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbab45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 171, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.125 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37d',
    500: '#cbab45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbab45;
$custom-light: #dec37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbab45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7506,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAB45

secondary

#99A7D3

accent

#6CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAB45

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

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