#CBAD3C#CBAD3C

#CBAD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.133 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD3C
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 60)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 70.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -1.23, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 59.36, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0089 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.133 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3899, 42.9121, 10.4295)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD3C #3C5ACB

analogous

#CB663C #CBAD3C #A1CB3C

triadic

#CBAD3C #3CCBAD #AD3CCB

tetradic

#CBAD3C #3CCB66 #3C5ACB #CB3CA1

square

#CBAD3C #3CCB66 #3C5ACB #CB3CA1

split-complementary

#CBAD3C #3CA1CB #663CCB

monochromatic

#6F5E1E #9F872A #CBAD3C #D8C16C #E5D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CBAD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#CBAD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD3C

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD3C	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)

#BFAA2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.133 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc578',
    500: '#cbad3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad3c;
$custom-light: #dfc578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75392,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD3C

secondary

#929FD1

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD3C

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

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