#CBAD42#CBAD42

#CBAD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.128 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD42
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -0.90, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 56.92, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0073 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.128 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5576, 42.9792, 11.3128)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD42 #4260CB

analogous

#CB6842 #CBAD42 #A5CB42

triadic

#CBAD42 #42CBAD #AD42CB

tetradic

#CBAD42 #42CB68 #4260CB #CB42A5

square

#CBAD42 #42CB68 #4260CB #CB42A5

split-complementary

#CBAD42 #42A5CB #6842CB

monochromatic

#736120 #A3892D #CBAD42 #D8C272 #E5D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CBAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#CBAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD42

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD42	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.128 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57c',
    500: '#cbad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad42;
$custom-light: #dec57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75443,
    "c": 0.12848,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD42

secondary

#97A4D2

accent

#69E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD42

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

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