#CAB161#CAB161

#CAB161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.104 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB161
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 52%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -1.22, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 43.89, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0044 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.104 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2385, 44.8658, 17.7420)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB161 #617ACA

analogous

#CA7C61 #CAB161 #AECA61

triadic

#CAB161 #61CAB1 #B161CA

tetradic

#CAB161 #61CA7C #617ACA #CA61AE

square

#CAB161 #61CA7C #617ACA #CA61AE

split-complementary

#CAB161 #61AECA #7C61CA

monochromatic

#846F2C #B2963C #CAB161 #D9C88F #E9DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#CAB161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB161

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB161	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.104 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc890',
    500: '#cab161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab161;
$custom-light: #dcc890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76519,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB161

secondary

#AFB9D8

accent

#70D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB161

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

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