#CAB242#CAB242

#CAB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.132 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB242
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -3.97, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 58.28, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.016 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.132 97)
XYZ	xyz(41.2628, 44.7927, 11.6256)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB242 #425ACA

analogous

#CA6E42 #CAB242 #9ECA42

triadic

#CAB242 #42CAB2 #B242CA

tetradic

#CAB242 #42CA6E #425ACA #CA429E

square

#CAB242 #42CA6E #425ACA #CA429E

split-complementary

#CAB242 #429ECA #6E42CA

monochromatic

#726320 #A28D2D #CAB242 #D7C572 #E5D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#CAB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB242

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB242	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)

#C3AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.132 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87c',
    500: '#cab242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab242;
$custom-light: #dec87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76381,
    "c": 0.13189,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.44791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB242

secondary

#96A1D1

accent

#63DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB242

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

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