#CAB042#CAB042

#CAB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.130 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB042
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -2.92, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 57.67, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.013 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.13 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8678, 44.0027, 11.4939)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB042 #425CCA

analogous

#CA6C42 #CAB042 #A0CA42

triadic

#CAB042 #42CAB0 #B042CA

tetradic

#CAB042 #42CA6C #425CCA #CA42A0

square

#CAB042 #42CA6C #425CCA #CA42A0

split-complementary

#CAB042 #42A0CA #6C42CA

monochromatic

#726220 #A28B2D #CAB042 #D7C472 #E5D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CAB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#CAB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB042

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB042	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)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.130 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec77c',
    500: '#cab042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab042;
$custom-light: #dec77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75966,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB042

secondary

#96A2D1

accent

#65DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB042

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

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