#CAB24B#CAB24B

#CAB24B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.125 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB24B
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 62.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -3.42, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 54.44, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0134 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.125 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5493, 44.9073, 13.1347)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB24B #4B63CA

analogous

#CA734B #CAB24B #A3CA4B

triadic

#CAB24B #4BCAB2 #B24BCA

tetradic

#CAB24B #4BCA73 #4B63CA #CA4BA3

square

#CAB24B #4BCA73 #4B63CA #CA4BA3

split-complementary

#CAB24B #4BA3CA #734BCA

monochromatic

#776823 #A79031 #CAB24B #D8C67A #E6DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CAB24B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#CAB24B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB24B

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB24B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB24B	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)

#C3AE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab24b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.125 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc881',
    500: '#cab24b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab24b;
$custom-light: #ddc881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab24b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76466,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB24B

secondary

#9DA8D3

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB24B

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

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