#CAB04B#CAB04B

#CAB04B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.123 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB04B
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 62.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -2.37, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 53.82, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0104 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.123 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1543, 44.1173, 13.0030)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB04B #4B65CA

analogous

#CA714B #CAB04B #A4CA4B

triadic

#CAB04B #4BCAB0 #B04BCA

tetradic

#CAB04B #4BCA71 #4B65CA #CA4BA4

square

#CAB04B #4BCA71 #4B65CA #CA4BA4

split-complementary

#CAB04B #4BA4CA #714BCA

monochromatic

#776623 #A78F31 #CAB04B #D8C57A #E6DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CAB04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#CAB04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB04B

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB04B	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)

#C1AD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.123 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc781',
    500: '#cab04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab04b;
$custom-light: #ddc781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB04B

secondary

#9DA8D3

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB04B

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

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