#CAB03B#CAB03B

#CAB03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.135 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB03B
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -3.29, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 60.49, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0149 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.135 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6739, 43.9251, 10.4728)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB03B #3B55CA

analogous

#CA683B #CAB03B #9CCA3B

triadic

#CAB03B #3BCAB0 #B03BCA

tetradic

#CAB03B #3BCA68 #3B55CA #CA3B9C

square

#CAB03B #3BCA68 #3B55CA #CA3B9C

split-complementary

#CAB03B #3B9CCA #683BCA

monochromatic

#6D5F1E #9D882B #CAB03B #D7C36B #E4D79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CAB03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CAB03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB03B

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB03B	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)

#C2AC2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.135 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec778',
    500: '#cab03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab03b;
$custom-light: #dec778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75908,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB03B

secondary

#919CD0

accent

#63E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB03B

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

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