#CAB143#CAB143

#CAB143 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.130 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB143
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -3.39, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 57.56, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0143 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.13 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0943, 44.4081, 11.7162)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB143 #435CCA

analogous

#CA6D43 #CAB143 #9FCA43

triadic

#CAB143 #43CAB1 #B143CA

tetradic

#CAB143 #43CA6D #435CCA #CA439F

square

#CAB143 #43CA6D #435CCA #CA439F

split-complementary

#CAB143 #439FCA #6D43CA

monochromatic

#726320 #A28D2E #CAB143 #D7C573 #E5D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CAB143 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#CAB143 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB143

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB143	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB143	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)

#C2AD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab143;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.130 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87d',
    500: '#cab143',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab143;
$custom-light: #dec87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab143",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76182,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB143

secondary

#97A2D2

accent

#64DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB143

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

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