#CAB159#CAB159

#CAB159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.112 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB159
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -1.88, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 47.72, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0073 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.112 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8841, 44.7241, 15.8757)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB159 #5972CA

analogous

#CA7959 #CAB159 #AACA59

triadic

#CAB159 #59CAB1 #B159CA

tetradic

#CAB159 #59CA79 #5972CA #CA59AA

square

#CAB159 #59CA79 #5972CA #CA59AA

split-complementary

#CAB159 #59AACA #7959CA

monochromatic

#806D29 #AE9438 #CAB159 #D9C787 #E8DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#CAB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB159

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB159	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.112 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc88a',
    500: '#cab159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab159;
$custom-light: #ddc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.726,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76415,
    "c": 0.11195,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB159

secondary

#A8B3D6

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB159

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

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