#CAB050#CAB050

#CAB050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.119 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB050
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -2.03, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 51.57, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0088 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.119 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3322, 44.1884, 13.9400)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB050 #506ACA

analogous

#CA7350 #CAB050 #A7CA50

triadic

#CAB050 #50CAB0 #B050CA

tetradic

#CAB050 #50CA73 #506ACA #CA50A7

square

#CAB050 #50CA73 #506ACA #CA50A7

split-complementary

#CAB050 #50A7CA #7350CA

monochromatic

#7A6825 #A99033 #CAB050 #D8C57F #E6DAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CAB050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#CAB050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB050

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB050	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.119 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc784',
    500: '#cab050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab050;
$custom-light: #ddc784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76104,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB050

secondary

#A1ACD4

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB050

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

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