#CAB046#CAB046

#CAB046 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.127 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB046
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -2.68, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 55.99, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0119 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.127 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9899, 44.0515, 12.1369)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB046 #4660CA

analogous

#CA6E46 #CAB046 #A2CA46

triadic

#CAB046 #46CAB0 #B046CA

tetradic

#CAB046 #46CA6E #4660CA #CA46A2

square

#CAB046 #46CA6E #4660CA #CA46A2

split-complementary

#CAB046 #46A2CA #6E46CA

monochromatic

#746421 #A48D2F #CAB046 #D8C476 #E5D9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CAB046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#CAB046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB046

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB046	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)

#C1AC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.127 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc77e',
    500: '#cab046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab046;
$custom-light: #ddc77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76002,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB046

secondary

#9AA5D2

accent

#67DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB046

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

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