#CBAD43#CBAD43

#CBAD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.128 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD43
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 67%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -0.85, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 56.50, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.007 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.128 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5873, 42.9911, 11.4694)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD43 #4361CB

analogous

#CB6943 #CBAD43 #A5CB43

triadic

#CBAD43 #43CBAD #AD43CB

tetradic

#CBAD43 #43CB69 #4361CB #CB43A5

square

#CBAD43 #43CB69 #4361CB #CB43A5

split-complementary

#CBAD43 #43A5CB #6943CB

monochromatic

#746120 #A4892D #CBAD43 #D8C273 #E6D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CBAD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#CBAD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD43

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD43	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)

#BFAA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.128 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57c',
    500: '#cbad43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad43;
$custom-light: #dec57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75452,
    "c": 0.12774,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD43

secondary

#98A4D2

accent

#69E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD43

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

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