#CBAC42#CBAC42

#CBAC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.128 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAC42
RGB	rgb(203, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -0.37, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 56.64, 90.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0058 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.128 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3665, 42.5972, 11.2491)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAC42 #4261CB

analogous

#CB6742 #CBAC42 #A6CB42

triadic

#CBAC42 #42CBAC #AC42CB

tetradic

#CBAC42 #42CB67 #4261CB #CB42A6

square

#CBAC42 #42CB67 #4261CB #CB42A6

split-complementary

#CBAC42 #42A6CB #6742CB

monochromatic

#736020 #A3882D #CBAC42 #D8C172 #E5D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CBAC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#CBAC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAC42

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAC42	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.128 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec47c',
    500: '#cbac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbac42;
$custom-light: #dec47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75238,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAC42

secondary

#97A4D2

accent

#6AE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAC42

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

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