#CAB150#CAB150

#CAB150 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.120 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB150
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -2.56, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 51.89, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0103 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.12 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5290, 44.5820, 14.0056)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB150 #5069CA

analogous

#CA7450 #CAB150 #A6CA50

triadic

#CAB150 #50CAB1 #B150CA

tetradic

#CAB150 #50CA74 #5069CA #CA50A6

square

#CAB150 #50CA74 #5069CA #CA50A6

split-complementary

#CAB150 #50A6CA #7450CA

monochromatic

#7A6925 #A99133 #CAB150 #D8C67F #E6DBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CAB150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#CAB150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB150

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB150	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.120 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc885',
    500: '#cab150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab150;
$custom-light: #ddc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76311,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB150

secondary

#A1ACD4

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB150

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

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