#CAB243#CAB243

#CAB243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB243
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -3.91, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 57.87, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0158 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2926, 44.8046, 11.7823)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB243 #435BCA

analogous

#CA6E43 #CAB243 #9FCA43

triadic

#CAB243 #43CAB2 #B243CA

tetradic

#CAB243 #43CA6E #435BCA #CA439F

square

#CAB243 #43CA6E #435BCA #CA439F

split-complementary

#CAB243 #439FCA #6E43CA

monochromatic

#726420 #A28D2E #CAB243 #D7C673 #E5D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#CAB243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB243

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB243	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)

#C3AE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87d',
    500: '#cab243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab243;
$custom-light: #dec87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7639,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB243

secondary

#97A2D2

accent

#63DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB243

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

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