#CAB246#CAB246

#CAB246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.129 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB246
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -3.73, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 56.61, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0149 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.129 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3849, 44.8416, 12.2686)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB246 #465ECA

analogous

#CA7046 #CAB246 #A0CA46

triadic

#CAB246 #46CAB2 #B246CA

tetradic

#CAB246 #46CA70 #465ECA #CA46A0

square

#CAB246 #46CA70 #465ECA #CA46A0

split-complementary

#CAB246 #46A0CA #7046CA

monochromatic

#746521 #A48F2F #CAB246 #D8C676 #E5DAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#CAB246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB246

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB246	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.129 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc87e',
    500: '#cab246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab246;
$custom-light: #ddc87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76417,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB246

secondary

#9AA4D2

accent

#64DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB246

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

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