#CAB235#CAB235

#CAB235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.141 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB235
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -4.63, 63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 63.31, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0193 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.141 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9222, 44.6565, 9.8315)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB235 #354DCA

analogous

#CA6835 #CAB235 #97CA35

triadic

#CAB235 #35CAB2 #B235CA

tetradic

#CAB235 #35CA68 #354DCA #CA3597

square

#CAB235 #35CA68 #354DCA #CA3597

split-complementary

#CAB235 #3597CA #6835CA

monochromatic

#695D1C #9A8728 #CAB235 #D7C465 #E3D796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#CAB235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB235

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB235	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#C4AE1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.141 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec875',
    500: '#cab235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab235;
$custom-light: #dec875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76281,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB235

secondary

#8C97CF

accent

#5FE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB235

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

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