#CBAE5E — Yellow

#CBAE5E is a yellow in the Yellow family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty light butter yellow, and it is also commonly known as Butter Yellow, Lemon Chiffon. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#CBAE5E color swatch, yellow#CBAE5E
CSS Namedarkkhaki (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f7f5f0
100#eeeade
200#e2d9c0
300#d0bf93
400#b8a05c
500#a58830
600#92761c
700#7b6104
800#675000
900#584400
950#342700

Accessibility

Contrast on white
2.15:1
Contrast on black
9.76:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whiteFail

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.008 89.9); /* #f7f5f0 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.017 89.9); /* #eeeade */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.034 89.9); /* #e2d9c0 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.062 89.9); /* #d0bf93 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.092 89.9); /* #b8a05c */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.111 89.9); /* #a58830 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.108 89.9); /* #92761c */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.102 89.9); /* #7b6104 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.091 89.9); /* #675000 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.081 89.9); /* #584400 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.057 89.9); /* #342700 */
}

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