#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
RGBrgb(203, 173, 73)
HSLhsl(46, 56%, 54%)
HSVhsv(46, 64%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.8%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(71.60, -0.48, 53.92)
CIE-LCHlch(71.60, 53.92, 90.51°)
OKLaboklab(75.51% -0.0053 0.123)
OKLCHoklch(75.51% 0.123 92.5)
XYZxyz(40.7767, 43.0669, 12.4670)
Luminance0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##CBAD491.002.189.619.61
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6121.001.001.00
##0000009.6121.001.001.00

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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#CBAD49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva