#CBAE4D#CBAE4D

#CBAE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.121 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE4D
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 62.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -0.75, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 52.44, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0055 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.121 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1061, 43.5066, 13.2522)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE4D #4D6ACB

analogous

#CB6F4D #CBAE4D #A9CB4D

triadic

#CBAE4D #4DCBAE #AE4DCB

tetradic

#CBAE4D #4DCB6F #4D6ACB #CB4DA9

square

#CBAE4D #4DCB6F #4D6ACB #CB4DA9

split-complementary

#CBAE4D #4DA9CB #6F4DCB

monochromatic

#7A6624 #A98E31 #CBAE4D #D9C47C #E7D9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CBAE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CBAE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE4D

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE4D	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#BFAB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.121 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec582',
    500: '#cbae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae4d;
$custom-light: #dec582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE4D

secondary

#9FACD4

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE4D

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

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