#CBAD38#CBAD38

#CBAD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.135 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD38
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -1.42, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 60.91, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.01 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.135 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2881, 42.8714, 9.8936)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD38 #3856CB

analogous

#CB6338 #CBAD38 #9FCB38

triadic

#CBAD38 #38CBAD #AD38CB

tetradic

#CBAD38 #38CB63 #3856CB #CB389F

square

#CBAD38 #38CB63 #3856CB #CB389F

split-complementary

#CBAD38 #389FCB #6338CB

monochromatic

#6C5C1C #9D8529 #CBAD38 #D8C169 #E4D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CBAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#CBAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD38

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD38	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.135 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc576',
    500: '#cbad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad38;
$custom-light: #dfc576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75362,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD38

secondary

#8F9CD0

accent

#66E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD38

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

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