#CAB234#CAB234

#CAB234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB234
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 74.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -4.67, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 63.67, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0196 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(40.8994, 44.6474, 9.7117)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB234 #344CCA

analogous

#CA6734 #CAB234 #97CA34

triadic

#CAB234 #34CAB2 #B234CA

tetradic

#CAB234 #34CA67 #344CCA #CA3497

square

#CAB234 #34CA67 #344CCA #CA3497

split-complementary

#CAB234 #3497CA #6734CA

monochromatic

#695C1B #998727 #CAB234 #D7C564 #E4D795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CAB234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#CAB234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB234

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB234	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)

#C4AE1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec874',
    500: '#cab234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab234;
$custom-light: #dec874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76275,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.44645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB234

secondary

#8B96CF

accent

#5FE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB234

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

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