#CBAE45#CBAE45

#CBAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.127 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE45
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 66%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -1.26, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 55.94, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.008 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.127 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8408, 43.4005, 11.8550)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE45 #4562CB

analogous

#CB6B45 #CBAE45 #A5CB45

triadic

#CBAE45 #45CBAE #AE45CB

tetradic

#CBAE45 #45CB6B #4562CB #CB45A5

square

#CBAE45 #45CB6B #4562CB #CB45A5

split-complementary

#CBAE45 #45A5CB #6B45CB

monochromatic

#756321 #A58B2E #CBAE45 #D8C375 #E6D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CBAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE45

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE45	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)

#C0AB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.127 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57e',
    500: '#cbae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae45;
$custom-light: #dec57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75676,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE45

secondary

#99A6D3

accent

#69E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE45

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

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