#CBAE4A#CBAE4A

#CBAE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.123 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE4A
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 63.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -0.95, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 53.77, 91.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0065 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.123 93)
XYZ	xyz(41.0026, 43.4652, 12.7071)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE4A #4A67CB

analogous

#CB6E4A #CBAE4A #A7CB4A

triadic

#CBAE4A #4ACBAE #AE4ACB

tetradic

#CBAE4A #4ACB6E #4A67CB #CB4AA7

square

#CBAE4A #4ACB6E #4A67CB #CB4AA7

split-complementary

#CBAE4A #4AA7CB #6E4ACB

monochromatic

#786523 #A88D30 #CBAE4A #D9C37A #E6D9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CBAE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE4A

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE4A	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)

#BFAB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.123 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec581',
    500: '#cbae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae4a;
$custom-light: #dec581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.512,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75725,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.43463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE4A

secondary

#9DA9D4

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE4A

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

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