#CAB256#CAB256

#CAB256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB256
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -2.64, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 49.45, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0099 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.115 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9589, 45.0712, 15.2918)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB256 #566ECA

analogous

#CA7856 #CAB256 #A8CA56

triadic

#CAB256 #56CAB2 #B256CA

tetradic

#CAB256 #56CA78 #566ECA #CA56A8

square

#CAB256 #56CA78 #566ECA #CA56A8

split-complementary

#CAB256 #56A8CA #7856CA

monochromatic

#7E6C28 #AD9436 #CAB256 #D9C785 #E7DCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CAB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#CAB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB256

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB256	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)

#C2AF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc888',
    500: '#cab256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab256;
$custom-light: #ddc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76586,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB256

secondary

#A6B0D6

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB256

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

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