#CBAE54#CBAE54

#CBAE54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE54
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 84)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 58.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -0.26, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 49.24, 90.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0033 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.115 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3667, 43.6108, 14.6246)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE54 #5471CB

analogous

#CB7354 #CBAE54 #ADCB54

triadic

#CBAE54 #54CBAE #AE54CB

tetradic

#CBAE54 #54CB73 #5471CB #CB54AD

square

#CBAE54 #54CB73 #5471CB #CB54AD

split-complementary

#CBAE54 #54ADCB #7354CB

monochromatic

#7E6926 #AD9035 #CBAE54 #D9C483 #E8DAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CBAE54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CBAE54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE54

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE54	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)

#BFAC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec587',
    500: '#cbae54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae54;
$custom-light: #dec587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.378,
    "s": 53.363,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75833,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE54

secondary

#A5B1D6

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE54

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

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