#CAB149#CAB149

#CAB149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.126 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB149
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -3.02, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 55.00, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0125 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.126 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2837, 44.4839, 12.7137)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB149 #4962CA

analogous

#CA7149 #CAB149 #A3CA49

triadic

#CAB149 #49CAB1 #B149CA

tetradic

#CAB149 #49CA71 #4962CA #CA49A3

square

#CAB149 #49CA71 #4962CA #CA49A3

split-complementary

#CAB149 #49A3CA #7149CA

monochromatic

#766622 #A68F30 #CAB149 #D8C578 #E6DAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CAB149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#CAB149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB149

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB149	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.126 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc880',
    500: '#cab149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab149;
$custom-light: #ddc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76238,
    "c": 0.1258,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB149

secondary

#9CA7D3

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB149

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

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