#CAB146#CAB146

#CAB146 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.128 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB146
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -3.21, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 56.30, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0134 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.128 96)
XYZ	xyz(41.1867, 44.4451, 12.2025)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB146 #465FCA

analogous

#CA6F46 #CAB146 #A1CA46

triadic

#CAB146 #46CAB1 #B146CA

tetradic

#CAB146 #46CA6F #465FCA #CA46A1

square

#CAB146 #46CA6F #465FCA #CA46A1

split-complementary

#CAB146 #46A1CA #6F46CA

monochromatic

#746521 #A48E2F #CAB146 #D8C576 #E5D9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CAB146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#CAB146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB146

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB146	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)

#C2AD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.128 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc87e',
    500: '#cab146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab146;
$custom-light: #ddc87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7621,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.44443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB146

secondary

#9AA4D2

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB146

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

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