#CBAE46#CBAE46

#CBAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.126 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE46
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 65.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -1.20, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 55.51, 91.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0077 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.126 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8721, 43.4130, 12.0199)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE46 #4663CB

analogous

#CB6B46 #CBAE46 #A5CB46

triadic

#CBAE46 #46CBAE #AE46CB

tetradic

#CBAE46 #46CB6B #4663CB #CB46A5

square

#CBAE46 #46CB6B #4663CB #CB46A5

split-complementary

#CBAE46 #46A5CB #6B46CB

monochromatic

#766321 #A58B2E #CBAE46 #D8C376 #E6D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CBAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE46

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE46	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)

#BFAB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.126 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57e',
    500: '#cbae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae46;
$custom-light: #dec57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75685,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE46

secondary

#9AA6D3

accent

#69DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE46

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

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