#CBAE4E#CBAE4E

#CBAE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE4E
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 61.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -0.68, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 51.99, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0052 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.12 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1417, 43.5208, 13.4396)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE4E #4E6BCB

analogous

#CB6F4E #CBAE4E #A9CB4E

triadic

#CBAE4E #4ECBAE #AE4ECB

tetradic

#CBAE4E #4ECB6F #4E6BCB #CB4EA9

square

#CBAE4E #4ECB6F #4E6BCB #CB4EA9

split-complementary

#CBAE4E #4EA9CB #6F4ECB

monochromatic

#7B6724 #AA8E32 #CBAE4E #D9C47D #E7D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CBAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CBAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE4E

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE4E	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)

#BFAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec583',
    500: '#cbae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae4e;
$custom-light: #dec583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75766,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE4E

secondary

#A0ACD5

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE4E

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

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