#CBAD48#CBAD48

#CBAD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.124 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD48
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -0.55, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 54.36, 90.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0056 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.124 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7438, 43.0537, 12.2938)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD48 #4866CB

analogous

#CB6C48 #CBAD48 #A7CB48

triadic

#CBAD48 #48CBAD #AD48CB

tetradic

#CBAD48 #48CB6C #4866CB #CB48A7

square

#CBAD48 #48CB6C #4866CB #CB48A7

split-complementary

#CBAD48 #48A7CB #6C48CB

monochromatic

#776322 #A68B2F #CBAD48 #D9C278 #E6D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CBAD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CBAD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD48

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD48	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)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.124 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57f',
    500: '#cbad48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad48;
$custom-light: #dec57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75499,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD48

secondary

#9BA8D3

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD48

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

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