#CAB253#CAB253

#CAB253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.118 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB253
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -2.87, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 50.84, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0109 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.118 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8406, 45.0238, 14.6685)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB253 #536BCA

analogous

#CA7653 #CAB253 #A6CA53

triadic

#CAB253 #53CAB2 #B253CA

tetradic

#CAB253 #53CA76 #536BCA #CA53A6

square

#CAB253 #53CA76 #536BCA #CA53A6

split-complementary

#CAB253 #53A6CA #7653CA

monochromatic

#7C6B26 #AB9335 #CAB253 #D8C782 #E7DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CAB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#CAB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB253

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB253	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)

#C2AF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.118 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc886',
    500: '#cab253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab253;
$custom-light: #ddc886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.899,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76551,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB253

secondary

#A4AED5

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB253

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

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