#CBAD40#CBAD40

#CBAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.130 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD40
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -1.02, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 57.74, 91.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0079 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.13 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4996, 42.9560, 11.0076)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD40 #405ECB

analogous

#CB6740 #CBAD40 #A4CB40

triadic

#CBAD40 #40CBAD #AD40CB

tetradic

#CBAD40 #40CB67 #405ECB #CB40A4

square

#CBAD40 #40CB67 #405ECB #CB40A4

split-complementary

#CBAD40 #40A4CB #6740CB

monochromatic

#72601F #A2882C #CBAD40 #D8C270 #E5D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CBAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#CBAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD40

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD40	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)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.130 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57b',
    500: '#cbad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad40;
$custom-light: #dec57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD40

secondary

#95A2D2

accent

#68E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD40

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

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