#CBAE4C#CBAE4C

#CBAE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.121 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE4C
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 62.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -0.82, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 52.88, 90.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0059 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.121 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0711, 43.4926, 13.0677)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE4C #4C69CB

analogous

#CB6F4C #CBAE4C #A9CB4C

triadic

#CBAE4C #4CCBAE #AE4CCB

tetradic

#CBAE4C #4CCB6F #4C69CB #CB4CA9

square

#CBAE4C #4CCB6F #4C69CB #CB4CA9

split-complementary

#CBAE4C #4CA9CB #6F4CCB

monochromatic

#796623 #A98D31 #CBAE4C #D9C37B #E7D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CBAE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE4C

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE4C	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)

#BFAB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.121 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec582',
    500: '#cbae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae4c;
$custom-light: #dec582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75745,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE4C

secondary

#9FABD4

accent

#6BDE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE4C

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

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