#CBAD4A#CBAD4A

#CBAD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.122 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD4A
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 63.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -0.42, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 53.48, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.005 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.122 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8101, 43.0802, 12.6430)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD4A #4A68CB

analogous

#CB6D4A #CBAD4A #A8CB4A

triadic

#CBAD4A #4ACBAD #AD4ACB

tetradic

#CBAD4A #4ACB6D #4A68CB #CB4AA8

square

#CBAD4A #4ACB6D #4A68CB #CB4AA8

split-complementary

#CBAD4A #4AA8CB #6D4ACB

monochromatic

#786423 #A88C30 #CBAD4A #D9C37A #E6D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CBAD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#CBAD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD4A

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD4A	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.122 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec581',
    500: '#cbad4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad4a;
$custom-light: #dec581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75519,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD4A

secondary

#9DAAD4

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD4A

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

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