#CAB162#CAB162

#CAB162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.103 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB162
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 51.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -1.13, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 43.40, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0041 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.103 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2854, 44.8846, 17.9892)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB162 #627BCA

analogous

#CA7D62 #CAB162 #AFCA62

triadic

#CAB162 #62CAB1 #B162CA

tetradic

#CAB162 #62CA7D #627BCA #CA62AF

square

#CAB162 #62CA7D #627BCA #CA62AF

split-complementary

#CAB162 #62AFCA #7D62CA

monochromatic

#85702D #B3963C #CAB162 #D9C890 #E9DEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CAB162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#CAB162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB162

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB162	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.103 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc890',
    500: '#cab162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab162;
$custom-light: #dcc890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.577,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76533,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB162

secondary

#AFB9D8

accent

#70D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB162

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

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