#CAB252#CAB252

#CAB252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.119 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB252
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -2.94, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 51.30, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0112 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.119 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8022, 45.0085, 14.4666)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB252 #526ACA

analogous

#CA7652 #CAB252 #A6CA52

triadic

#CAB252 #52CAB2 #B252CA

tetradic

#CAB252 #52CA76 #526ACA #CA52A6

square

#CAB252 #52CA76 #526ACA #CA52A6

split-complementary

#CAB252 #52A6CA #7652CA

monochromatic

#7C6B26 #AB9334 #CAB252 #D8C781 #E7DCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CAB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#CAB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB252

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB252	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.119 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc886',
    500: '#cab252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab252;
$custom-light: #ddc886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7654,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB252

secondary

#A3ADD5

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB252

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

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