#CAB147#CAB147

#CAB147 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.127 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB147
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 71)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -3.15, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 55.87, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0131 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.127 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2185, 44.4578, 12.3701)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB147 #4760CA

analogous

#CA6F47 #CAB147 #A1CA47

triadic

#CAB147 #47CAB1 #B147CA

tetradic

#CAB147 #47CA6F #4760CA #CA47A1

square

#CAB147 #47CA6F #4760CA #CA47A1

split-complementary

#CAB147 #47A1CA #6F47CA

monochromatic

#756522 #A48E2F #CAB147 #D8C577 #E5D9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CAB147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#CAB147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB147

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB147	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)

#C2AD3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.127 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc87f',
    500: '#cab147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab147;
$custom-light: #ddc87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76219,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB147

secondary

#9AA5D2

accent

#66DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB147

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

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