#CBAE42#CBAE42

#CBAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE42
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -1.43, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 57.20, 91.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0088 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.129 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7500, 43.3642, 11.3769)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE42 #425FCB

analogous

#CB6942 #CBAE42 #A4CB42

triadic

#CBAE42 #42CBAE #AE42CB

tetradic

#CBAE42 #42CB69 #425FCB #CB42A4

square

#CBAE42 #42CB69 #425FCB #CB42A4

split-complementary

#CBAE42 #42A4CB #6942CB

monochromatic

#736120 #A38A2D #CBAE42 #D8C372 #E5D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#CBAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE42

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE42	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)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57c',
    500: '#cbae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae42;
$custom-light: #dec57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75649,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE42

secondary

#97A3D2

accent

#68E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE42

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

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