#CBAD46#CBAD46

#CBAD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.125 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD46
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 65.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -0.67, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 55.22, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0062 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.125 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6796, 43.0280, 11.9557)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD46 #4664CB

analogous

#CB6A46 #CBAD46 #A6CB46

triadic

#CBAD46 #46CBAD #AD46CB

tetradic

#CBAD46 #46CB6A #4664CB #CB46A6

square

#CBAD46 #46CB6A #4664CB #CB46A6

split-complementary

#CBAD46 #46A6CB #6A46CB

monochromatic

#766221 #A58B2E #CBAD46 #D8C276 #E6D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CBAD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CBAD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD46

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD46	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57e',
    500: '#cbad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad46;
$custom-light: #dec57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7548,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD46

secondary

#9AA7D3

accent

#6ADF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD46

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

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