#CBAE3A#CBAE3A

#CBAE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.135 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE3A
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 71.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -1.86, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 60.41, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.011 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.135 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5305, 43.2763, 10.2205)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE3A #3A57CB

analogous

#CB653A #CBAE3A #9FCB3A

triadic

#CBAE3A #3ACBAE #AE3ACB

tetradic

#CBAE3A #3ACB65 #3A57CB #CB3A9F

square

#CBAE3A #3ACB65 #3A57CB #CB3A9F

split-complementary

#CBAE3A #3A9FCB #653ACB

monochromatic

#6E5E1D #9E872A #CBAE3A #D8C26A #E5D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CBAE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CBAE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE3A

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE3A	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)

#C0AB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.135 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc577',
    500: '#cbae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae3a;
$custom-light: #dfc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75583,
    "c": 0.13467,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE3A

secondary

#909DD0

accent

#65E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE3A

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

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