#CAB24C#CAB24C

#CAB24C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.124 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB24C
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 62.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -3.35, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 54.00, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0131 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.124 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5838, 44.9211, 13.3164)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB24C #4C64CA

analogous

#CA734C #CAB24C #A3CA4C

triadic

#CAB24C #4CCAB2 #B24CCA

tetradic

#CAB24C #4CCA73 #4C64CA #CA4CA3

square

#CAB24C #4CCA73 #4C64CA #CA4CA3

split-complementary

#CAB24C #4CA3CA #734CCA

monochromatic

#786824 #A79132 #CAB24C #D8C67B #E6DBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CAB24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#CAB24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB24C

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB24C	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)

#C3AE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.124 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc882',
    500: '#cab24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab24c;
$custom-light: #ddc882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76476,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB24C

secondary

#9EA8D4

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB24C

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

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