#CAB140#CAB140

#CAB140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.133 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB140
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -3.56, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 58.79, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0151 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.133 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0066, 44.3731, 11.2544)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB140 #4059CA

analogous

#CA6C40 #CAB140 #9ECA40

triadic

#CAB140 #40CAB1 #B140CA

tetradic

#CAB140 #40CA6C #4059CA #CA409E

square

#CAB140 #40CA6C #4059CA #CA409E

split-complementary

#CAB140 #409ECA #6C40CA

monochromatic

#70621F #A08B2C #CAB140 #D7C570 #E5D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CAB140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#CAB140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB140

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB140	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)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.133 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87b',
    500: '#cab140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab140;
$custom-light: #dec87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76156,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB140

secondary

#95A0D1

accent

#63E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB140

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

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