#CAB148#CAB148

#CAB148 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.127 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB148
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -3.09, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 55.44, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0128 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.127 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2508, 44.4708, 12.5405)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB148 #4861CA

analogous

#CA7048 #CAB148 #A2CA48

triadic

#CAB148 #48CAB1 #B148CA

tetradic

#CAB148 #48CA70 #4861CA #CA48A2

square

#CAB148 #48CA70 #4861CA #CA48A2

split-complementary

#CAB148 #48A2CA #7048CA

monochromatic

#766522 #A58E30 #CAB148 #D8C577 #E5D9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CAB148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#CAB148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB148

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB148	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)

#C2AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.127 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc880',
    500: '#cab148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab148;
$custom-light: #ddc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76229,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB148

secondary

#9BA6D3

accent

#66DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB148

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

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