#CAB059#CAB059

#CAB059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.111 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB059
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -1.35, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 47.40, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0058 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.111 93)
XYZ	xyz(41.6873, 44.3305, 15.8101)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB059 #5973CA

analogous

#CA7859 #CAB059 #ABCA59

triadic

#CAB059 #59CAB0 #B059CA

tetradic

#CAB059 #59CA78 #5973CA #CA59AB

square

#CAB059 #59CA78 #5973CA #CA59AB

split-complementary

#CAB059 #59ABCA #7859CA

monochromatic

#806C29 #AE9338 #CAB059 #D9C687 #E8DCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CAB059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#CAB059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB059

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB059	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.111 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc78a',
    500: '#cab059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab059;
$custom-light: #ddc78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.195,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76209,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.44328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB059

secondary

#A8B3D6

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB059

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

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