#CAB034#CAB034

#CAB034 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.140 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB034
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 74.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -3.62, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 63.10, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0166 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.14 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5044, 43.8573, 9.5800)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB034 #344ECA

analogous

#CA6534 #CAB034 #99CA34

triadic

#CAB034 #34CAB0 #B034CA

tetradic

#CAB034 #34CA65 #344ECA #CA3499

square

#CAB034 #34CA65 #344ECA #CA3499

split-complementary

#CAB034 #3499CA #6534CA

monochromatic

#695B1B #998627 #CAB034 #D7C364 #E4D695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CAB034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CAB034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB034

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB034	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)

#C2AC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.140 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec774',
    500: '#cab034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab034;
$custom-light: #dec774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75858,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB034

secondary

#8B97CF

accent

#61E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB034

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

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