#CBAD44#CBAD44

#CBAD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.127 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD44
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 66.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -0.79, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 56.08, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0068 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.127 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6176, 43.0032, 11.6288)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD44 #4462CB

analogous

#CB6A44 #CBAD44 #A5CB44

triadic

#CBAD44 #44CBAD #AD44CB

tetradic

#CBAD44 #44CB6A #4462CB #CB44A5

square

#CBAD44 #44CB6A #4462CB #CB44A5

split-complementary

#CBAD44 #44A5CB #6A44CB

monochromatic

#746220 #A48A2E #CBAD44 #D8C274 #E6D7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CBAD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#CBAD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD44

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD44	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)

#BFAA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.127 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57d',
    500: '#cbad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad44;
$custom-light: #dec57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75461,
    "c": 0.127,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD44

secondary

#98A5D3

accent

#6AE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD44

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

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