#CAB141#CAB141

#CAB141 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.132 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB141
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -3.50, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 58.39, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0148 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.132 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0353, 44.3846, 11.4056)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB141 #415ACA

analogous

#CA6C41 #CAB141 #9FCA41

triadic

#CAB141 #41CAB1 #B141CA

tetradic

#CAB141 #41CA6C #415ACA #CA419F

square

#CAB141 #41CA6C #415ACA #CA419F

split-complementary

#CAB141 #419FCA #6C41CA

monochromatic

#716220 #A18C2D #CAB141 #D7C571 #E5D8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CAB141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#CAB141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB141

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB141	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.132 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87b',
    500: '#cab141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab141;
$custom-light: #dec87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76165,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB141

secondary

#96A0D1

accent

#64E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB141

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

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