#CAB233#CAB233

#CAB233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.142 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB233
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 74.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -4.71, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 64.03, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0198 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.142 98)
XYZ	xyz(40.8771, 44.6385, 9.5943)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB233 #334BCA

analogous

#CA6733 #CAB233 #96CA33

triadic

#CAB233 #33CAB2 #B233CA

tetradic

#CAB233 #33CA67 #334BCA #CA3396

square

#CAB233 #33CA67 #334BCA #CA3396

split-complementary

#CAB233 #3396CA #6733CA

monochromatic

#685C1A #998727 #CAB233 #D8C563 #E4D794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CAB233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#CAB233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB233

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB233	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)

#C4AE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.142 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec874',
    500: '#cab233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab233;
$custom-light: #dec874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.464,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76268,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.44636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB233

secondary

#8A95CF

accent

#5EE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB233

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

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