#CAB232#CAB232

#CAB232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB232
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 75.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -4.75, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 64.37, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.02 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8553, 44.6297, 9.4794)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB232 #324ACA

analogous

#CA6632 #CAB232 #96CA32

triadic

#CAB232 #32CAB2 #B232CA

tetradic

#CAB232 #32CA66 #324ACA #CA3296

square

#CAB232 #32CA66 #324ACA #CA3296

split-complementary

#CAB232 #3296CA #6632CA

monochromatic

#685C1A #998726 #CAB232 #D8C561 #E4D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CAB232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#CAB232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB232

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB232	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C4AE19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec873',
    500: '#cab232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab232;
$custom-light: #dec873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76262,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB232

secondary

#8994CF

accent

#5DE344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB232

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

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