#CAB24A#CAB24A

#CAB24A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.126 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB24A
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -3.49, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 54.88, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0137 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.126 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5154, 44.8938, 12.9558)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB24A #4A62CA

analogous

#CA724A #CAB24A #A2CA4A

triadic

#CAB24A #4ACAB2 #B24ACA

tetradic

#CAB24A #4ACA72 #4A62CA #CA4AA2

square

#CAB24A #4ACA72 #4A62CA #CA4AA2

split-complementary

#CAB24A #4AA2CA #724ACA

monochromatic

#776723 #A69031 #CAB24A #D8C679 #E6DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CAB24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#CAB24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB24A

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB24A	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	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)

#C3AE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.126 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc881',
    500: '#cab24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab24a;
$custom-light: #ddc881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76456,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB24A

secondary

#9DA7D3

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB24A

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

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