#CBAD49#CBAD49

#CBAD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.123 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD49
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -0.48, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 53.92, 90.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0053 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.123 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7767, 43.0669, 12.4670)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD49 #4967CB

analogous

#CB6C49 #CBAD49 #A8CB49

triadic

#CBAD49 #49CBAD #AD49CB

tetradic

#CBAD49 #49CB6C #4967CB #CB49A8

square

#CBAD49 #49CB6C #4967CB #CB49A8

split-complementary

#CBAD49 #49A8CB #6C49CB

monochromatic

#776422 #A78C30 #CBAD49 #D9C279 #E6D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CBAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CBAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD49

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD49	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.123 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec580',
    500: '#cbad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad49;
$custom-light: #dec580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75509,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD49

secondary

#9CA9D4

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD49

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

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