#CBAE38#CBAE38

#CBAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE38
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -1.95, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 61.18, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0115 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.136 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4806, 43.2564, 9.9577)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE38 #3855CB

analogous

#CB6438 #CBAE38 #9FCB38

triadic

#CBAE38 #38CBAE #AE38CB

tetradic

#CBAE38 #38CB64 #3855CB #CB389F

square

#CBAE38 #38CB64 #3855CB #CB389F

split-complementary

#CBAE38 #389FCB #6438CB

monochromatic

#6C5D1C #9D8629 #CBAE38 #D8C269 #E4D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CBAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CBAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE38

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE38	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc576',
    500: '#cbae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae38;
$custom-light: #dfc576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75568,
    "c": 0.13594,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE38

secondary

#8F9CD0

accent

#65E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE38

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

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