#CAB039#CAB039

#CAB039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.137 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB039
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -3.39, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 61.26, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0154 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.137 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6230, 43.9048, 10.2048)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB039 #3953CA

analogous

#CA6739 #CAB039 #9CCA39

triadic

#CAB039 #39CAB0 #B039CA

tetradic

#CAB039 #39CA67 #3953CA #CA399C

square

#CAB039 #39CA67 #3953CA #CA399C

split-complementary

#CAB039 #399CCA #6739CA

monochromatic

#6C5E1D #9C882A #CAB039 #D7C369 #E4D79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CAB039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CAB039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB039

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB039	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.137 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec777',
    500: '#cab039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab039;
$custom-light: #dec777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75893,
    "c": 0.13659,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB039

secondary

#8F9BD0

accent

#62E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB039

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →