#CBAE56#CBAE56

#CBAE56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE56
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -0.11, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 48.31, 90.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0026 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.113 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4461, 43.6426, 15.0431)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE56 #5673CB

analogous

#CB7456 #CBAE56 #AECB56

triadic

#CBAE56 #56CBAE #AE56CB

tetradic

#CBAE56 #56CB74 #5673CB #CB56AE

square

#CBAE56 #56CB74 #5673CB #CB56AE

split-complementary

#CBAE56 #56AECB #7456CB

monochromatic

#7F6A27 #AE9036 #CBAE56 #D9C485 #E8DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CBAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CBAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE56

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE56	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec588',
    500: '#cbae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae56;
$custom-light: #dec588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75857,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE56

secondary

#A6B2D6

accent

#6FDC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE56

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

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