#CBAE3B#CBAE3B

#CBAE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.134 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE3B
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -1.81, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 60.03, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0107 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.134 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5562, 43.2866, 10.3558)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE3B #3B58CB

analogous

#CB663B #CBAE3B #A0CB3B

triadic

#CBAE3B #3BCBAE #AE3BCB

tetradic

#CBAE3B #3BCB66 #3B58CB #CB3BA0

square

#CBAE3B #3BCB66 #3B58CB #CB3BA0

split-complementary

#CBAE3B #3BA0CB #663BCB

monochromatic

#6E5E1D #9F872A #CBAE3B #D8C26B #E5D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CBAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE3B

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE3B	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.134 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc578',
    500: '#cbae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae3b;
$custom-light: #dfc578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.917,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75591,
    "c": 0.13401,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE3B

secondary

#919ED1

accent

#66E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE3B

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

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