#CAB249#CAB249

#CAB249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.127 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB249
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -3.55, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 55.32, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.014 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.127 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4820, 44.8804, 12.7798)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB249 #4961CA

analogous

#CA7249 #CAB249 #A2CA49

triadic

#CAB249 #49CAB2 #B249CA

tetradic

#CAB249 #49CA72 #4961CA #CA49A2

square

#CAB249 #49CA72 #4961CA #CA49A2

split-complementary

#CAB249 #49A2CA #7249CA

monochromatic

#766722 #A69030 #CAB249 #D8C678 #E6DAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CAB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#CAB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB249

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB249	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.127 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc880',
    500: '#cab249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab249;
$custom-light: #ddc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76446,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB249

secondary

#9CA6D3

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB249

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

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