#CAB23B#CAB23B

#CAB23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.137 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB23B
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -4.34, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 61.07, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0179 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.137 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0689, 44.7152, 10.6045)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB23B #3B53CA

analogous

#CA6A3B #CAB23B #9ACA3B

triadic

#CAB23B #3BCAB2 #B23BCA

tetradic

#CAB23B #3BCA6A #3B53CA #CA3B9A

square

#CAB23B #3BCA6A #3B53CA #CA3B9A

split-complementary

#CAB23B #3B9ACA #6A3BCA

monochromatic

#6D601E #9D8A2B #CAB23B #D7C56B #E4D89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#CAB23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB23B

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB23B	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)

#C4AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.137 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec878',
    500: '#cab23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab23b;
$custom-light: #dec878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76324,
    "c": 0.13675,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB23B

secondary

#919BD0

accent

#61E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB23B

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

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