#CAB13B#CAB13B

#CAB13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.136 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB13B
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -3.82, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 60.78, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0164 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.136 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8707, 44.3187, 10.5384)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB13B #3B54CA

analogous

#CA693B #CAB13B #9CCA3B

triadic

#CAB13B #3BCAB1 #B13BCA

tetradic

#CAB13B #3BCA69 #3B54CA #CA3B9C

square

#CAB13B #3BCA69 #3B54CA #CA3B9C

split-complementary

#CAB13B #3B9CCA #693BCA

monochromatic

#6D5F1E #9D892B #CAB13B #D7C46B #E4D79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CAB13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#CAB13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB13B

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB13B	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)

#C3AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.136 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec778',
    500: '#cab13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab13b;
$custom-light: #dec778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76116,
    "c": 0.13601,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB13B

secondary

#919CD0

accent

#62E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB13B

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

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