#CAB035#CAB035

#CAB035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB035
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -3.58, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 62.74, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0164 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5271, 43.8664, 9.6999)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB035 #354FCA

analogous

#CA6535 #CAB035 #9ACA35

triadic

#CAB035 #35CAB0 #B035CA

tetradic

#CAB035 #35CA65 #354FCA #CA359A

square

#CAB035 #35CA65 #354FCA #CA359A

split-complementary

#CAB035 #359ACA #6535CA

monochromatic

#695C1C #9A8628 #CAB035 #D7C365 #E3D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CAB035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CAB035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB035

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB035	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)

#C2AC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec775',
    500: '#cab035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab035;
$custom-light: #dec775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.53,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75865,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB035

secondary

#8C98CF

accent

#61E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB035

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

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