#CBAD51#CBAD51

#CBAD51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD51
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 0.06, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 50.33, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0027 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.116 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0592, 43.1799, 13.9548)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD51 #516FCB

analogous

#CB7051 #CBAD51 #ACCB51

triadic

#CBAD51 #51CBAD #AD51CB

tetradic

#CBAD51 #51CB70 #516FCB #CB51AC

square

#CBAD51 #51CB70 #516FCB #CB51AC

split-complementary

#CBAD51 #51ACCB #7051CB

monochromatic

#7C6725 #AC8E33 #CBAD51 #D9C380 #E7D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CBAD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#CBAD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD51

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD51	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec585',
    500: '#cbad51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad51;
$custom-light: #dec585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75594,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD51

secondary

#A3AFD5

accent

#6FDD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD51

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

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