#CBAE51#CBAE51

#CBAE51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.117 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE51
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -0.47, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 50.63, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0043 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.117 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2517, 43.5648, 14.0190)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE51 #516ECB

analogous

#CB7151 #CBAE51 #ABCB51

triadic

#CBAE51 #51CBAE #AE51CB

tetradic

#CBAE51 #51CB71 #516ECB #CB51AB

square

#CBAE51 #51CB71 #516ECB #CB51AB

split-complementary

#CBAE51 #51ABCB #7151CB

monochromatic

#7C6825 #AC8F33 #CBAE51 #D9C480 #E7DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CBAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CBAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE51

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE51	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)

#BFAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.117 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec585',
    500: '#cbae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae51;
$custom-light: #dec585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.738,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75799,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE51

secondary

#A3AFD5

accent

#6DDD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE51

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

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