#CAB166#CAB166

#CAB166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.099 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB166
RGB	rgb(202, 177, 102)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 49.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -0.77, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 41.45, 91.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0026 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.099 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4790, 44.9620, 19.0088)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB166 #667FCA

analogous

#CA7F66 #CAB166 #B1CA66

triadic

#CAB166 #66CAB1 #B166CA

tetradic

#CAB166 #66CA7F #667FCA #CA66B1

square

#CAB166 #66CA7F #667FCA #CA66B1

split-complementary

#CAB166 #66B1CA #7F66CA

monochromatic

#87712F #B4973E #CAB166 #DAC893 #E9DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CAB166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#CAB166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB166

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB166	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AF60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 177, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.099 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc893',
    500: '#cab166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab166;
$custom-light: #dcc893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 48.544,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7659,
    "c": 0.09923,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB166

secondary

#B2BCD9

accent

#72D850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB166

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

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