#CAB043#CAB043

#CAB043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.130 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB043
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -2.86, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 57.26, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0128 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.13 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8975, 44.0146, 11.6506)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB043 #435DCA

analogous

#CA6C43 #CAB043 #A1CA43

triadic

#CAB043 #43CAB0 #B043CA

tetradic

#CAB043 #43CA6C #435DCA #CA43A1

square

#CAB043 #43CA6C #435DCA #CA43A1

split-complementary

#CAB043 #43A1CA #6C43CA

monochromatic

#726320 #A28C2E #CAB043 #D7C473 #E5D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CAB043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#CAB043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB043

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB043	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)

#C1AC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.130 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec77d',
    500: '#cab043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab043;
$custom-light: #dec77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75975,
    "c": 0.12968,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB043

secondary

#97A2D2

accent

#66DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB043

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

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