#CAB241#CAB241

#CAB241 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 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB241
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -4.02, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 58.69, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0163 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.133 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2336, 44.7810, 11.4717)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB241 #4159CA

analogous

#CA6D41 #CAB241 #9ECA41

triadic

#CAB241 #41CAB2 #B241CA

tetradic

#CAB241 #41CA6D #4159CA #CA419E

square

#CAB241 #41CA6D #4159CA #CA419E

split-complementary

#CAB241 #419ECA #6D41CA

monochromatic

#716320 #A18D2D #CAB241 #D7C571 #E5D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#CAB241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB241

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB241	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.133 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87c',
    500: '#cab241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab241;
$custom-light: #dec87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76373,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB241

secondary

#96A0D1

accent

#63E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB241

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

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