#CAB047#CAB047

#CAB047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.127 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB047
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 71)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -2.62, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 55.56, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0116 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.127 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0217, 44.0642, 12.3045)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB047 #4761CA

analogous

#CA6E47 #CAB047 #A2CA47

triadic

#CAB047 #47CAB0 #B047CA

tetradic

#CAB047 #47CA6E #4761CA #CA47A2

square

#CAB047 #47CA6E #4761CA #CA47A2

split-complementary

#CAB047 #47A2CA #6E47CA

monochromatic

#756422 #A48D2F #CAB047 #D8C477 #E5D9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CAB047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#CAB047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB047

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB047	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)

#C1AD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.127 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc77f',
    500: '#cab047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab047;
$custom-light: #ddc77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76012,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB047

secondary

#9AA5D2

accent

#67DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB047

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

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