#CAB240#CAB240

#CAB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.133 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB240
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -4.08, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 59.10, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0166 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.133 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2049, 44.7696, 11.3205)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB240 #4058CA

analogous

#CA6D40 #CAB240 #9DCA40

triadic

#CAB240 #40CAB2 #B240CA

tetradic

#CAB240 #40CA6D #4058CA #CA409D

square

#CAB240 #40CA6D #4058CA #CA409D

split-complementary

#CAB240 #409DCA #6D40CA

monochromatic

#70621F #A08C2C #CAB240 #D7C570 #E5D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#CAB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB240

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB240	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)

#C3AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.133 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87b',
    500: '#cab240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab240;
$custom-light: #dec87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76364,
    "c": 0.13333,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB240

secondary

#959FD1

accent

#62E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB240

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

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