#CBAE4F#CBAE4F

#CBAE4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.119 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE4F
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 61.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -0.62, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 51.54, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0049 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.119 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1778, 43.5353, 13.6298)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE4F #4F6CCB

analogous

#CB704F #CBAE4F #AACB4F

triadic

#CBAE4F #4FCBAE #AE4FCB

tetradic

#CBAE4F #4FCB70 #4F6CCB #CB4FAA

square

#CBAE4F #4FCB70 #4F6CCB #CB4FAA

split-complementary

#CBAE4F #4FAACB #704FCB

monochromatic

#7B6724 #AA8E32 #CBAE4F #D9C47E #E7D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CBAE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CBAE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE4F

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE4F	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.119 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec584',
    500: '#cbae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae4f;
$custom-light: #dec584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.968,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75777,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE4F

secondary

#A1ADD5

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE4F

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

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