#CBAE3E#CBAE3E

#CBAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.132 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE3E
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 69.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -1.65, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 58.84, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0099 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.132 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6362, 43.3186, 10.7774)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE3E #3E5BCB

analogous

#CB683E #CBAE3E #A1CB3E

triadic

#CBAE3E #3ECBAE #AE3ECB

tetradic

#CBAE3E #3ECB68 #3E5BCB #CB3EA1

square

#CBAE3E #3ECB68 #3E5BCB #CB3EA1

split-complementary

#CBAE3E #3EA1CB #683ECB

monochromatic

#705F1E #A1882B #CBAE3E #D8C26E #E5D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CBAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE3E

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE3E	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)

#C0AB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.132 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc579',
    500: '#cbae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae3e;
$custom-light: #dfc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75615,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE3E

secondary

#94A0D1

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE3E

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

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