#CAB23E#CAB23E

#CAB23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.135 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB23E
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -4.19, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 59.90, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0171 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.135 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1490, 44.7472, 11.0261)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB23E #3E56CA

analogous

#CA6C3E #CAB23E #9CCA3E

triadic

#CAB23E #3ECAB2 #B23ECA

tetradic

#CAB23E #3ECA6C #3E56CA #CA3E9C

square

#CAB23E #3ECA6C #3E56CA #CA3E9C

split-complementary

#CAB23E #3E9CCA #6C3ECA

monochromatic

#6F611F #9F8B2C #CAB23E #D7C56E #E4D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#CAB23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB23E

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB23E	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.135 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87a',
    500: '#cab23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab23e;
$custom-light: #dec87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76348,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB23E

secondary

#939ED1

accent

#62E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB23E

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

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