#CAB045#CAB045

#CAB045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.128 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB045
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -2.74, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 56.42, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0122 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.128 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9586, 44.0390, 11.9720)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB045 #455FCA

analogous

#CA6D45 #CAB045 #A1CA45

triadic

#CAB045 #45CAB0 #B045CA

tetradic

#CAB045 #45CA6D #455FCA #CA45A1

square

#CAB045 #45CA6D #455FCA #CA45A1

split-complementary

#CAB045 #45A1CA #6D45CA

monochromatic

#746321 #A38C2F #CAB045 #D8C475 #E5D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CAB045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#CAB045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB045

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB045	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.128 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc77e',
    500: '#cab045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab045;
$custom-light: #ddc77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75993,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB045

secondary

#99A4D2

accent

#66DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB045

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

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