#CBAD4E#CBAD4E

#CBAD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.119 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD4E
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 61.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -0.15, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 51.69, 90.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0037 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.119 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9492, 43.1359, 13.3754)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD4E #4E6CCB

analogous

#CB6E4E #CBAD4E #AACB4E

triadic

#CBAD4E #4ECBAD #AD4ECB

tetradic

#CBAD4E #4ECB6E #4E6CCB #CB4EAA

square

#CBAD4E #4ECB6E #4E6CCB #CB4EAA

split-complementary

#CBAD4E #4EAACB #6E4ECB

monochromatic

#7B6624 #AA8D32 #CBAD4E #D9C37D #E7D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CBAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CBAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD4E

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD4E	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.119 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec583',
    500: '#cbad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad4e;
$custom-light: #dec583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75561,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD4E

secondary

#A0ADD5

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD4E

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

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