#CBAB48#CBAB48

#CBAB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.123 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAB48
RGB	rgb(203, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 0.51, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 53.80, 89.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0025 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.123 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3632, 42.2925, 12.1669)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAB48 #4868CB

analogous

#CB6A48 #CBAB48 #A9CB48

triadic

#CBAB48 #48CBAB #AB48CB

tetradic

#CBAB48 #48CB6A #4868CB #CB48A9

square

#CBAB48 #48CB6A #4868CB #CB48A9

split-complementary

#CBAB48 #48A9CB #6A48CB

monochromatic

#776222 #A6892F #CBAB48 #D9C178 #E6D7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CBAB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#CBAB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAB48

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAB48	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.123 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37f',
    500: '#cbab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbab48;
$custom-light: #dec37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75089,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAB48

secondary

#9BA9D3

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAB48

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

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