#CAB262#CAB262

#CAB262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.104 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB262
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 51.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -1.66, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 43.73, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0056 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.104 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4836, 45.2811, 18.0552)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB262 #627ACA

analogous

#CA7E62 #CAB262 #AECA62

triadic

#CAB262 #62CAB2 #B262CA

tetradic

#CAB262 #62CA7E #627ACA #CA62AE

square

#CAB262 #62CA7E #627ACA #CA62AE

split-complementary

#CAB262 #62AECA #7E62CA

monochromatic

#85702D #B3973C #CAB262 #D9C890 #E9DFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CAB262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#CAB262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB262

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB262	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.104 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc890',
    500: '#cab262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab262;
$custom-light: #dcc890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76739,
    "c": 0.10403,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB262

secondary

#AFB9D8

accent

#6FD94F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB262

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

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