#CBAE43#CBAE43

#CBAE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.128 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE43
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 67%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -1.38, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 56.78, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0086 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.128 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7798, 43.3761, 11.5335)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE43 #4360CB

analogous

#CB6A43 #CBAE43 #A4CB43

triadic

#CBAE43 #43CBAE #AE43CB

tetradic

#CBAE43 #43CB6A #4360CB #CB43A4

square

#CBAE43 #43CB6A #4360CB #CB43A4

split-complementary

#CBAE43 #43A4CB #6A43CB

monochromatic

#746220 #A48A2D #CBAE43 #D8C373 #E6D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#CBAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE43

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE43	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)

#C0AB36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.128 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57c',
    500: '#cbae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae43;
$custom-light: #dec57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75658,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE43

secondary

#98A4D2

accent

#68E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE43

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

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