#CBAE47#CBAE47

#CBAE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.125 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE47
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 65%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -1.14, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 55.08, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0074 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.125 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9039, 43.4257, 12.1875)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE47 #4764CB

analogous

#CB6C47 #CBAE47 #A6CB47

triadic

#CBAE47 #47CBAE #AE47CB

tetradic

#CBAE47 #47CB6C #4764CB #CB47A6

square

#CBAE47 #47CB6C #4764CB #CB47A6

split-complementary

#CBAE47 #47A6CB #6C47CB

monochromatic

#766421 #A68C2F #CBAE47 #D8C377 #E6D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CBAE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE47

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE47	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)

#BFAB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.125 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57f',
    500: '#cbae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae47;
$custom-light: #dec57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75695,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE47

secondary

#9BA7D3

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE47

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

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