#CBAE57#CBAE57

#CBAE57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.112 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE57
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -0.03, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 47.84, 90.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0022 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.112 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4867, 43.6588, 15.2567)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE57 #5774CB

analogous

#CB7457 #CBAE57 #AECB57

triadic

#CBAE57 #57CBAE #AE57CB

tetradic

#CBAE57 #57CB74 #5774CB #CB57AE

square

#CBAE57 #57CB74 #5774CB #CB57AE

split-complementary

#CBAE57 #57AECB #7457CB

monochromatic

#806A28 #AF9136 #CBAE57 #D9C586 #E8DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CBAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CBAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE57

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE57	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)

#BEAC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.112 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc589',
    500: '#cbae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae57;
$custom-light: #ddc589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75869,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE57

secondary

#A7B3D7

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE57

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

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