#CAB247#CAB247

#CAB247 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.128 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB247
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 71)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 64.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -3.67, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 56.18, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0146 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.128 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4167, 44.8543, 12.4362)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB247 #475FCA

analogous

#CA7047 #CAB247 #A0CA47

triadic

#CAB247 #47CAB2 #B247CA

tetradic

#CAB247 #47CA70 #475FCA #CA47A0

square

#CAB247 #47CA70 #475FCA #CA47A0

split-complementary

#CAB247 #47A0CA #7047CA

monochromatic

#756622 #A48F2F #CAB247 #D8C677 #E5DAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB247 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#CAB247 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB247

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB247	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB247	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)

#C3AE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab247;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.128 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc87f',
    500: '#cab247',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab247;
$custom-light: #ddc87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab247",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76427,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB247

secondary

#9AA5D2

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB247

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

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