#CAB040#CAB040

#CAB040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.132 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB040
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -3.03, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 58.49, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0136 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.132 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8098, 43.9795, 11.1888)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB040 #405ACA

analogous

#CA6B40 #CAB040 #9FCA40

triadic

#CAB040 #40CAB0 #B040CA

tetradic

#CAB040 #40CA6B #405ACA #CA409F

square

#CAB040 #40CA6B #405ACA #CA409F

split-complementary

#CAB040 #409FCA #6B40CA

monochromatic

#70611F #A08A2C #CAB040 #D7C470 #E5D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CAB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#CAB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB040

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB040	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.132 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec77b',
    500: '#cab040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab040;
$custom-light: #dec77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75949,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB040

secondary

#95A0D1

accent

#65E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB040

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

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