#CBAD47#CBAD47

#CBAD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.125 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD47
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 65%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -0.61, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 54.79, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0059 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.125 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7115, 43.0408, 12.1233)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD47 #4765CB

analogous

#CB6B47 #CBAD47 #A7CB47

triadic

#CBAD47 #47CBAD #AD47CB

tetradic

#CBAD47 #47CB6B #4765CB #CB47A7

square

#CBAD47 #47CB6B #4765CB #CB47A7

split-complementary

#CBAD47 #47A7CB #6B47CB

monochromatic

#766321 #A68B2F #CBAD47 #D8C277 #E6D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CBAD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CBAD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD47

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD47	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)

#BEAA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57f',
    500: '#cbad47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad47;
$custom-light: #dec57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75489,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD47

secondary

#9BA8D3

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD47

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

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