#CAB23F#CAB23F

#CAB23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.134 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB23F
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 63)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 68.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -4.13, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 59.50, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0169 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.134 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1767, 44.7583, 11.1720)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB23F #3F57CA

analogous

#CA6C3F #CAB23F #9DCA3F

triadic

#CAB23F #3FCAB2 #B23FCA

tetradic

#CAB23F #3FCA6C #3F57CA #CA3F9D

square

#CAB23F #3FCA6C #3F57CA #CA3F9D

split-complementary

#CAB23F #3F9DCA #6C3FCA

monochromatic

#70621F #A08C2C #CAB23F #D7C56F #E4D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#CAB23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB23F

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB23F	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)

#C3AE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.134 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87a',
    500: '#cab23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab23f;
$custom-light: #dec87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76356,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB23F

secondary

#949ED1

accent

#62E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB23F

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

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