#CAB139#CAB139

#CAB139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.137 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB139
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -3.92, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 61.54, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0169 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.137 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8198, 44.2983, 10.2704)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB139 #3952CA

analogous

#CA6839 #CAB139 #9ACA39

triadic

#CAB139 #39CAB1 #B139CA

tetradic

#CAB139 #39CA68 #3952CA #CA399A

square

#CAB139 #39CA68 #3952CA #CA399A

split-complementary

#CAB139 #399ACA #6839CA

monochromatic

#6C5E1D #9C882A #CAB139 #D7C469 #E4D79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CAB139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#CAB139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB139

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB139	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.137 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec777',
    500: '#cab139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab139;
$custom-light: #dec777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76101,
    "c": 0.1373,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB139

secondary

#8F9AD0

accent

#61E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB139

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

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