#CBAE44#CBAE44

#CBAE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.128 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE44
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 66.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -1.32, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 56.36, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0083 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.128 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8100, 43.3882, 11.6929)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE44 #4461CB

analogous

#CB6A44 #CBAE44 #A4CB44

triadic

#CBAE44 #44CBAE #AE44CB

tetradic

#CBAE44 #44CB6A #4461CB #CB44A4

square

#CBAE44 #44CB6A #4461CB #CB44A4

split-complementary

#CBAE44 #44A4CB #6A44CB

monochromatic

#746220 #A48B2E #CBAE44 #D8C374 #E6D7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CBAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE44

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE44	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.128 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57d',
    500: '#cbae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae44;
$custom-light: #dec57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75667,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE44

secondary

#98A5D3

accent

#69E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE44

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

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