#CAB255#CAB255

#CAB255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB255
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -2.72, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 49.92, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0102 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.116 95)
XYZ	xyz(41.9189, 45.0552, 15.0811)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB255 #556DCA

analogous

#CA7855 #CAB255 #A8CA55

triadic

#CAB255 #55CAB2 #B255CA

tetradic

#CAB255 #55CA78 #556DCA #CA55A8

square

#CAB255 #55CA78 #556DCA #CA55A8

split-complementary

#CAB255 #55A8CA #7855CA

monochromatic

#7D6C27 #AC9436 #CAB255 #D9C784 #E7DCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CAB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#CAB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB255

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB255	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)

#C2AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc888',
    500: '#cab255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab255;
$custom-light: #ddc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76574,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.45053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB255

secondary

#A5AFD5

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB255

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

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