#CAB265#CAB265

#CAB265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.101 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB265
RGB	rgb(202, 178, 101)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 50%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -1.39, 42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 42.27, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0045 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.101 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6279, 45.3388, 18.8153)
Luminance	0.4534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB265 #657DCA

analogous

#CA8065 #CAB265 #AFCA65

triadic

#CAB265 #65CAB2 #B265CA

tetradic

#CAB265 #65CA80 #657DCA #CA65AF

square

#CAB265 #65CA80 #657DCA #CA65AF

split-complementary

#CAB265 #65AFCA #8065CA

monochromatic

#86712E #B4983E #CAB265 #DAC993 #E9E0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CAB265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#CAB265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB265

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB265	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 178, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.101 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc892',
    500: '#cab265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab265;
$custom-light: #dcc892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 48.792,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76781,
    "c": 0.10101,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB265

secondary

#B2BBD9

accent

#70D84F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB265

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

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