#CBAE52#CBAE52

#CBAE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE52
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 59.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -0.40, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 50.17, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0039 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.116 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2895, 43.5799, 14.2179)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE52 #526FCB

analogous

#CB7152 #CBAE52 #ABCB52

triadic

#CBAE52 #52CBAE #AE52CB

tetradic

#CBAE52 #52CB71 #526FCB #CB52AB

square

#CBAE52 #52CB71 #526FCB #CB52AB

split-complementary

#CBAE52 #52ABCB #7152CB

monochromatic

#7D6826 #AC8F34 #CBAE52 #D9C481 #E7DAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CBAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CBAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE52

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE52	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec586',
    500: '#cbae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae52;
$custom-light: #dec586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.62,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7581,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE52

secondary

#A3AFD5

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE52

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

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