#CBAE3D#CBAE3D

#CBAE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.133 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE3D
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 70%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -1.70, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 59.24, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0102 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.133 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6090, 43.3077, 10.6342)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE3D #3D5ACB

analogous

#CB673D #CBAE3D #A1CB3D

triadic

#CBAE3D #3DCBAE #AE3DCB

tetradic

#CBAE3D #3DCB67 #3D5ACB #CB3DA1

square

#CBAE3D #3DCB67 #3D5ACB #CB3DA1

split-complementary

#CBAE3D #3DA1CB #673DCB

monochromatic

#705F1E #A0882B #CBAE3D #D8C26D #E5D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CBAE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE3D

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE3D	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)

#C0AB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.133 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc579',
    500: '#cbae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae3d;
$custom-light: #dfc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75607,
    "c": 0.13267,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE3D

secondary

#939FD1

accent

#66E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE3D

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

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