#CAB156#CAB156

#CAB156 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.115 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB156
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -2.12, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 49.13, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0083 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.115 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7607, 44.6747, 15.2257)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB156 #566FCA

analogous

#CA7756 #CAB156 #A9CA56

triadic

#CAB156 #56CAB1 #B156CA

tetradic

#CAB156 #56CA77 #566FCA #CA56A9

square

#CAB156 #56CA77 #566FCA #CA56A9

split-complementary

#CAB156 #56A9CA #7756CA

monochromatic

#7E6B28 #AD9336 #CAB156 #D9C785 #E7DCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#CAB156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB156

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB156	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.115 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc888',
    500: '#cab156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab156;
$custom-light: #ddc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.069,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76379,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB156

secondary

#A6B0D6

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB156

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

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