#CBAE3C#CBAE3C

#CBAE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.133 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE3C
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 70.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -1.76, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 59.63, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0105 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.133 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5823, 43.2971, 10.4937)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE3C #3C59CB

analogous

#CB673C #CBAE3C #A1CB3C

triadic

#CBAE3C #3CCBAE #AE3CCB

tetradic

#CBAE3C #3CCB67 #3C59CB #CB3CA1

square

#CBAE3C #3CCB67 #3C59CB #CB3CA1

split-complementary

#CBAE3C #3CA1CB #673CCB

monochromatic

#6F5E1E #9F882A #CBAE3C #D8C26C #E5D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CBAE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE3C

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE3C	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)

#C0AB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.133 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc578',
    500: '#cbae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae3c;
$custom-light: #dfc578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75599,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE3C

secondary

#929FD1

accent

#66E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE3C

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

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