#CBAE41#CBAE41

#CBAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.130 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE41
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 68%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -1.49, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 57.61, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0091 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.13 94)
XYZ	xyz(40.7208, 43.3525, 11.2230)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE41 #415ECB

analogous

#CB6941 #CBAE41 #A3CB41

triadic

#CBAE41 #41CBAE #AE41CB

tetradic

#CBAE41 #41CB69 #415ECB #CB41A3

square

#CBAE41 #41CB69 #415ECB #CB41A3

split-complementary

#CBAE41 #41A3CB #6941CB

monochromatic

#72611F #A28A2C #CBAE41 #D8C271 #E5D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#CBAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE41

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE41	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)

#C0AB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.130 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57b',
    500: '#cbae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae41;
$custom-light: #dec57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7564,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.4335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE41

secondary

#96A3D2

accent

#68E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE41

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

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