#CAB151#CAB151

#CAB151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.119 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB151
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -2.48, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 51.44, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.01 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.119 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5662, 44.5969, 14.2016)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB151 #516ACA

analogous

#CA7451 #CAB151 #A7CA51

triadic

#CAB151 #51CAB1 #B151CA

tetradic

#CAB151 #51CA74 #516ACA #CA51A7

square

#CAB151 #51CA74 #516ACA #CA51A7

split-complementary

#CAB151 #51A7CA #7451CA

monochromatic

#7B6925 #AA9234 #CAB151 #D8C680 #E7DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CAB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#CAB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB151

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB151	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)

#C1AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.119 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc885',
    500: '#cab151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab151;
$custom-light: #ddc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76322,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB151

secondary

#A2ADD5

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB151

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

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