#CBAB49#CBAB49

#CBAB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.122 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAB49
RGB	rgb(203, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, 0.58, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 53.36, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0022 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.122 91)
XYZ	xyz(40.3961, 42.3056, 12.3401)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAB49 #4969CB

analogous

#CB6A49 #CBAB49 #AACB49

triadic

#CBAB49 #49CBAB #AB49CB

tetradic

#CBAB49 #49CB6A #4969CB #CB49AA

square

#CBAB49 #49CB6A #4969CB #CB49AA

split-complementary

#CBAB49 #49AACB #6A49CB

monochromatic

#776222 #A78A30 #CBAB49 #D9C179 #E6D7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CBAB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#CBAB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAB49

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAB49	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)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.122 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec380',
    500: '#cbab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbab49;
$custom-light: #dec380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75099,
    "c": 0.12184,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.42303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAB49

secondary

#9CAAD4

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAB49

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

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