#CBAD53#CBAD53

#CBAD53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.115 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD53
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, 0.20, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 49.41, 89.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0021 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.115 91)
XYZ	xyz(41.1353, 43.2103, 14.3557)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD53 #5371CB

analogous

#CB7153 #CBAD53 #ADCB53

triadic

#CBAD53 #53CBAD #AD53CB

tetradic

#CBAD53 #53CB71 #5371CB #CB53AD

square

#CBAD53 #53CB71 #5371CB #CB53AD

split-complementary

#CBAD53 #53ADCB #7153CB

monochromatic

#7E6826 #AD8F34 #CBAD53 #D9C382 #E7DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CBAD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#CBAD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD53

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD53	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)

#BEAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.115 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec586',
    500: '#cbad53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad53;
$custom-light: #dec586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75617,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.43208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD53

secondary

#A4B1D6

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD53

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

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