#CAB03F#CAB03F

#CAB03F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.133 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB03F
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 68.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -3.08, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 58.90, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0139 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.133 96)
XYZ	xyz(40.7816, 43.9682, 11.0403)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB03F #3F59CA

analogous

#CA6B3F #CAB03F #9FCA3F

triadic

#CAB03F #3FCAB0 #B03FCA

tetradic

#CAB03F #3FCA6B #3F59CA #CA3F9F

square

#CAB03F #3FCA6B #3F59CA #CA3F9F

split-complementary

#CAB03F #3F9FCA #6B3FCA

monochromatic

#70611F #A08A2C #CAB03F #D7C46F #E4D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CAB03F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#CAB03F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB03F

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB03F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB03F	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab03f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.133 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec77a',
    500: '#cab03f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab03f;
$custom-light: #dec77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab03f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7594,
    "c": 0.13257,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.43966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB03F

secondary

#949FD1

accent

#64E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB03F

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

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