#CBAD3A#CBAD3A

#CBAD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.134 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD3A
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 71.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -1.33, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 60.14, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0095 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.134 94)
XYZ	xyz(40.3380, 42.8914, 10.1564)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD3A #3A58CB

analogous

#CB643A #CBAD3A #A0CB3A

triadic

#CBAD3A #3ACBAD #AD3ACB

tetradic

#CBAD3A #3ACB64 #3A58CB #CB3AA0

square

#CBAD3A #3ACB64 #3A58CB #CB3AA0

split-complementary

#CBAD3A #3AA0CB #643ACB

monochromatic

#6E5D1D #9E862A #CBAD3A #D8C16A #E5D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CBAD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#CBAD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD3A

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD3A	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.134 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc577',
    500: '#cbad3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad3a;
$custom-light: #dfc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75377,
    "c": 0.134,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.42889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD3A

secondary

#909ED0

accent

#66E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD3A

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

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