#CAB048#CAB048

#CAB048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.126 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB048
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -2.56, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 55.13, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0113 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.126 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0540, 44.0772, 12.4749)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB048 #4862CA

analogous

#CA6F48 #CAB048 #A3CA48

triadic

#CAB048 #48CAB0 #B048CA

tetradic

#CAB048 #48CA6F #4862CA #CA48A3

square

#CAB048 #48CA6F #4862CA #CA48A3

split-complementary

#CAB048 #48A3CA #6F48CA

monochromatic

#766522 #A58E30 #CAB048 #D8C477 #E5D9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CAB048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#CAB048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB048

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB048	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.126 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc780',
    500: '#cab048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab048;
$custom-light: #ddc780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76021,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB048

secondary

#9BA6D3

accent

#67DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB048

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

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