#CAB244#CAB244

#CAB244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.130 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB244
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -3.85, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 57.45, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0155 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.13 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3228, 44.8167, 11.9416)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB244 #445CCA

analogous

#CA6F44 #CAB244 #9FCA44

triadic

#CAB244 #44CAB2 #B244CA

tetradic

#CAB244 #44CA6F #445CCA #CA449F

square

#CAB244 #44CA6F #445CCA #CA449F

split-complementary

#CAB244 #449FCA #6F44CA

monochromatic

#736421 #A38E2E #CAB244 #D8C674 #E5D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#CAB244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB244

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB244	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)

#C3AE36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.130 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87d',
    500: '#cab244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab244;
$custom-light: #dec87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76399,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB244

secondary

#98A2D2

accent

#64DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB244

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

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