#CBAE50#CBAE50

#CBAE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.118 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE50
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -0.55, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 51.08, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0046 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.118 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2145, 43.5499, 13.8230)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE50 #506DCB

analogous

#CB7150 #CBAE50 #AACB50

triadic

#CBAE50 #50CBAE #AE50CB

tetradic

#CBAE50 #50CB71 #506DCB #CB50AA

square

#CBAE50 #50CB71 #506DCB #CB50AA

split-complementary

#CBAE50 #50AACB #7150CB

monochromatic

#7C6725 #AB8F33 #CBAE50 #D9C47F #E7DAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CBAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CBAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE50

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE50	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)

#BFAB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.118 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec584',
    500: '#cbae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae50;
$custom-light: #dec584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.854,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75788,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE50

secondary

#A2AED5

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE50

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

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