#CAB144#CAB144

#CAB144 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.130 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB144
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -3.33, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 57.14, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.014 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.13 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1246, 44.4203, 11.8755)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB144 #445DCA

analogous

#CA6E44 #CAB144 #A0CA44

triadic

#CAB144 #44CAB1 #B144CA

tetradic

#CAB144 #44CA6E #445DCA #CA44A0

square

#CAB144 #44CA6E #445DCA #CA44A0

split-complementary

#CAB144 #44A0CA #6E44CA

monochromatic

#736421 #A38D2E #CAB144 #D8C574 #E5D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CAB144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#CAB144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB144

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB144	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C2AD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.130 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87d',
    500: '#cab144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab144;
$custom-light: #dec87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76191,
    "c": 0.12967,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB144

secondary

#98A3D2

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB144

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

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