#CBAE4B#CBAE4B

#CBAE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.122 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE4B
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 63.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -0.88, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 53.33, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0062 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.122 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0366, 43.4788, 12.8860)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE4B #4B68CB

analogous

#CB6E4B #CBAE4B #A8CB4B

triadic

#CBAE4B #4BCBAE #AE4BCB

tetradic

#CBAE4B #4BCB6E #4B68CB #CB4BA8

square

#CBAE4B #4BCB6E #4B68CB #CB4BA8

split-complementary

#CBAE4B #4BA8CB #6E4BCB

monochromatic

#796523 #A88D31 #CBAE4B #D9C37A #E6D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CBAE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE4B

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE4B	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.122 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec581',
    500: '#cbae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae4b;
$custom-light: #dec581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75735,
    "c": 0.12221,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE4B

secondary

#9EAAD4

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE4B

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

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