#CAB254#CAB254

#CAB254 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.117 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB254
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 84)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 58.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -2.79, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 50.38, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0105 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.117 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8795, 45.0394, 14.8733)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB254 #546CCA

analogous

#CA7754 #CAB254 #A7CA54

triadic

#CAB254 #54CAB2 #B254CA

tetradic

#CAB254 #54CA77 #546CCA #CA54A7

square

#CAB254 #54CA77 #546CCA #CA54A7

split-complementary

#CAB254 #54A7CA #7754CA

monochromatic

#7D6B27 #AC9435 #CAB254 #D8C783 #E7DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CAB254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#CAB254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB254

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB254	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.117 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc887',
    500: '#cab254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab254;
$custom-light: #ddc887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 52.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76562,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB254

secondary

#A5AED5

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB254

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

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