#CBAE49#CBAE49

#CBAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.124 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE49
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -1.01, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 54.21, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0068 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.124 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9692, 43.4518, 12.5311)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE49 #4966CB

analogous

#CB6D49 #CBAE49 #A7CB49

triadic

#CBAE49 #49CBAE #AE49CB

tetradic

#CBAE49 #49CB6D #4966CB #CB49A7

square

#CBAE49 #49CB6D #4966CB #CB49A7

split-complementary

#CBAE49 #49A7CB #6D49CB

monochromatic

#776422 #A78C30 #CBAE49 #D9C379 #E6D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CBAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE49

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE49	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)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.124 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec580',
    500: '#cbae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae49;
$custom-light: #dec580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75715,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE49

secondary

#9CA9D4

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE49

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

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