#CAB258#CAB258

#CAB258 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.114 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB258
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 88)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 56.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -2.49, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 48.52, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0092 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.114 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0406, 45.1039, 15.7221)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB258 #5870CA

analogous

#CA7958 #CAB258 #A9CA58

triadic

#CAB258 #58CAB2 #B258CA

tetradic

#CAB258 #58CA79 #5870CA #CA58A9

square

#CAB258 #58CA79 #5870CA #CA58A9

split-complementary

#CAB258 #58A9CA #7958CA

monochromatic

#7F6D28 #AE9537 #CAB258 #D9C786 #E7DDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CAB258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#CAB258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB258

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB258	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.114 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc88a',
    500: '#cab258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab258;
$custom-light: #ddc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 51.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7661,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB258

secondary

#A8B1D6

accent

#6BDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB258

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

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