#CBAD3B#CBAD3B

#CBAD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.133 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD3B
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -1.28, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 59.75, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0092 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.133 94)
XYZ	xyz(40.3637, 42.9017, 10.2916)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD3B #3B59CB

analogous

#CB653B #CBAD3B #A1CB3B

triadic

#CBAD3B #3BCBAD #AD3BCB

tetradic

#CBAD3B #3BCB65 #3B59CB #CB3BA1

square

#CBAD3B #3BCB65 #3B59CB #CB3BA1

split-complementary

#CBAD3B #3BA1CB #653BCB

monochromatic

#6E5D1D #9F862A #CBAD3B #D8C16B #E5D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CBAD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#CBAD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD3B

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD3B	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)

#BFAA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.133 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc578',
    500: '#cbad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad3b;
$custom-light: #dfc578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75385,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.42899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD3B

secondary

#919ED1

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD3B

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

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