#CAB248#CAB248

#CAB248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.127 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB248
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -3.61, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 55.75, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0143 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.127 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4491, 44.8672, 12.6066)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB248 #4860CA

analogous

#CA7148 #CAB248 #A1CA48

triadic

#CAB248 #48CAB2 #B248CA

tetradic

#CAB248 #48CA71 #4860CA #CA48A1

square

#CAB248 #48CA71 #4860CA #CA48A1

split-complementary

#CAB248 #48A1CA #7148CA

monochromatic

#766622 #A58F30 #CAB248 #D8C677 #E5DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#CAB248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB248

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB248	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)

#C3AE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.127 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc880',
    500: '#cab248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab248;
$custom-light: #ddc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76436,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB248

secondary

#9BA5D3

accent

#65DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB248

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

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