#CBAE55#CBAE55

#CBAE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE55
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -0.18, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 48.78, 90.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0029 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.114 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4061, 43.6266, 14.8324)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE55 #5572CB

analogous

#CB7355 #CBAE55 #ADCB55

triadic

#CBAE55 #55CBAE #AE55CB

tetradic

#CBAE55 #55CB73 #5572CB #CB55AD

square

#CBAE55 #55CB73 #5572CB #CB55AD

split-complementary

#CBAE55 #55ADCB #7355CB

monochromatic

#7F6927 #AE9035 #CBAE55 #D9C484 #E8DBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CBAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CBAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE55

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE55	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)

#BEAC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec588',
    500: '#cbae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae55;
$custom-light: #dec588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75845,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE55

secondary

#A6B2D6

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE55

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

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