#CBAF59#CBAF59

#CBAF59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.111 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAF59
RGB	rgb(203, 175, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -0.40, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 47.21, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0031 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.111 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7635, 44.0798, 15.7577)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAF59 #5975CB

analogous

#CB7659 #CBAF59 #AECB59

triadic

#CBAF59 #59CBAF #AF59CB

tetradic

#CBAF59 #59CB76 #5975CB #CB59AE

square

#CBAF59 #59CB76 #5975CB #CB59AE

split-complementary

#CBAF59 #59AECB #7659CB

monochromatic

#816B28 #B09237 #CBAF59 #DAC588 #E8DCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CBAF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#CBAF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAF59

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAF59	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbaf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 175, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.111 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc68a',
    500: '#cbaf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbaf59;
$custom-light: #ddc68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbaf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76099,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAF59

secondary

#A9B4D7

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAF59

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

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