#CBAE48#CBAE48

#CBAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.125 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE48
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -1.08, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 54.65, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0071 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.125 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9363, 43.4387, 12.3579)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE48 #4865CB

analogous

#CB6D48 #CBAE48 #A7CB48

triadic

#CBAE48 #48CBAE #AE48CB

tetradic

#CBAE48 #48CB6D #4865CB #CB48A7

square

#CBAE48 #48CB6D #4865CB #CB48A7

split-complementary

#CBAE48 #48A7CB #6D48CB

monochromatic

#776422 #A68C2F #CBAE48 #D9C378 #E6D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CBAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE48

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE48	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.125 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57f',
    500: '#cbae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae48;
$custom-light: #dec57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75705,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE48

secondary

#9BA8D3

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE48

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

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