#CAB145#CAB145

#CAB145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.129 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB145
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -3.27, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 56.72, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0137 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.129 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1553, 44.4326, 12.0376)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB145 #455ECA

analogous

#CA6E45 #CAB145 #A0CA45

triadic

#CAB145 #45CAB1 #B145CA

tetradic

#CAB145 #45CA6E #455ECA #CA45A0

square

#CAB145 #45CA6E #455ECA #CA45A0

split-complementary

#CAB145 #45A0CA #6E45CA

monochromatic

#746421 #A38D2F #CAB145 #D8C575 #E5D9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CAB145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#CAB145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB145

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB145	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.129 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc87e',
    500: '#cab145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab145;
$custom-light: #ddc87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.762,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB145

secondary

#99A4D2

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB145

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

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