#CAB259#CAB259

#CAB259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.113 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB259
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -2.41, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 48.05, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0088 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.113 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0823, 45.1205, 15.9418)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB259 #5971CA

analogous

#CA7A59 #CAB259 #A9CA59

triadic

#CAB259 #59CAB2 #B259CA

tetradic

#CAB259 #59CA7A #5971CA #CA59A9

square

#CAB259 #59CA7A #5971CA #CA59A9

split-complementary

#CAB259 #59A9CA #7A59CA

monochromatic

#806D29 #AE9538 #CAB259 #D9C887 #E8DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CAB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#CAB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB259

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB259	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)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.113 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc88a',
    500: '#cab259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab259;
$custom-light: #ddc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.257,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76622,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB259

secondary

#A8B2D6

accent

#6BDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB259

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

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