#CBAE40#CBAE40

#CBAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.131 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE40
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -1.54, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 58.02, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0094 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.131 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6921, 43.3410, 11.0718)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE40 #405DCB

analogous

#CB6840 #CBAE40 #A3CB40

triadic

#CBAE40 #40CBAE #AE40CB

tetradic

#CBAE40 #40CB68 #405DCB #CB40A3

square

#CBAE40 #40CB68 #405DCB #CB40A3

split-complementary

#CBAE40 #40A3CB #6840CB

monochromatic

#72601F #A2892C #CBAE40 #D8C270 #E5D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#CBAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE40

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE40	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.131 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57b',
    500: '#cbae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae40;
$custom-light: #dec57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75632,
    "c": 0.13059,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE40

secondary

#95A2D2

accent

#67E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE40

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

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