#CBAF42#CBAF42

#CBAF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.130 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAF42
RGB	rgb(203, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -1.96, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 57.49, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0104 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.13 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9439, 43.7520, 11.4416)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAF42 #425ECB

analogous

#CB6A42 #CBAF42 #A3CB42

triadic

#CBAF42 #42CBAF #AF42CB

tetradic

#CBAF42 #42CB6A #425ECB #CB42A3

square

#CBAF42 #42CB6A #425ECB #CB42A3

split-complementary

#CBAF42 #42A3CB #6A42CB

monochromatic

#736220 #A38B2D #CBAF42 #D8C372 #E5D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CBAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#CBAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAF42

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAF42	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.130 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec67c',
    500: '#cbaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbaf42;
$custom-light: #dec67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75855,
    "c": 0.12983,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAF42

secondary

#97A3D2

accent

#67E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAF42

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

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