#CAB044#CAB044

#CAB044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.129 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB044
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -2.80, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 56.84, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0125 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.129 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9278, 44.0267, 11.8099)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB044 #445ECA

analogous

#CA6D44 #CAB044 #A1CA44

triadic

#CAB044 #44CAB0 #B044CA

tetradic

#CAB044 #44CA6D #445ECA #CA44A1

square

#CAB044 #44CA6D #445ECA #CA44A1

split-complementary

#CAB044 #44A1CA #6D44CA

monochromatic

#736321 #A38C2E #CAB044 #D8C474 #E5D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CAB044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#CAB044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB044

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB044	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)

#C1AC37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.129 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec77d',
    500: '#cab044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab044;
$custom-light: #dec77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75984,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB044

secondary

#98A3D2

accent

#66DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB044

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

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