#CBAD3E#CBAD3E

#CBAD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.131 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD3E
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 69.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -1.12, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 58.56, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0084 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.131 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4437, 42.9337, 10.7133)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD3E #3E5CCB

analogous

#CB673E #CBAD3E #A3CB3E

triadic

#CBAD3E #3ECBAD #AD3ECB

tetradic

#CBAD3E #3ECB67 #3E5CCB #CB3EA3

square

#CBAD3E #3ECB67 #3E5CCB #CB3EA3

split-complementary

#CBAD3E #3EA3CB #673ECB

monochromatic

#705F1E #A1882B #CBAD3E #D8C16E #E5D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CBAD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#CBAD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD3E

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD3E	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.131 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc579',
    500: '#cbad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad3e;
$custom-light: #dfc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75409,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD3E

secondary

#94A1D1

accent

#68E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD3E

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

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