#CAB142#CAB142

#CAB142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.131 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB142
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -3.44, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 57.97, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0145 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.131 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0646, 44.3963, 11.5595)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB142 #425BCA

analogous

#CA6D42 #CAB142 #9FCA42

triadic

#CAB142 #42CAB1 #B142CA

tetradic

#CAB142 #42CA6D #425BCA #CA429F

square

#CAB142 #42CA6D #425BCA #CA429F

split-complementary

#CAB142 #429FCA #6D42CA

monochromatic

#726320 #A28C2D #CAB142 #D7C572 #E5D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CAB142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#CAB142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB142

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB142	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.131 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87c',
    500: '#cab142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab142;
$custom-light: #dec87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76174,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB142

secondary

#96A1D1

accent

#64DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB142

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

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