#CAB239#CAB239

#CAB239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.138 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB239
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -4.44, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 61.84, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0184 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.138 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0180, 44.6948, 10.3365)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB239 #3951CA

analogous

#CA6939 #CAB239 #99CA39

triadic

#CAB239 #39CAB2 #B239CA

tetradic

#CAB239 #39CA69 #3951CA #CA3999

square

#CAB239 #39CA69 #3951CA #CA3999

split-complementary

#CAB239 #3999CA #6939CA

monochromatic

#6C5F1D #9C892A #CAB239 #D7C569 #E4D89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#CAB239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB239

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB239	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.138 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec877',
    500: '#cab239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab239;
$custom-light: #dec877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76309,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB239

secondary

#8F9AD0

accent

#60E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB239

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

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