#CAB031#CAB031

#CAB031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.141 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB031
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -3.75, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 64.16, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0173 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.141 97)
XYZ	xyz(40.4389, 43.8311, 9.2354)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB031 #314BCA

analogous

#CA6431 #CAB031 #98CA31

triadic

#CAB031 #31CAB0 #B031CA

tetradic

#CAB031 #31CA64 #314BCA #CA3198

square

#CAB031 #31CA64 #314BCA #CA3198

split-complementary

#CAB031 #3198CA #6431CA

monochromatic

#675A19 #998525 #CAB031 #D8C460 #E4D691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CAB031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CAB031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB031

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB031	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.141 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec773',
    500: '#cab031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab031;
$custom-light: #dec773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.804,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75838,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.43829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB031

secondary

#8894CF

accent

#5FE444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB031

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

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