#CAB333#CAB333

#CAB333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB333
RGB	rgb(202, 179, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 74.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -5.24, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 64.31, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0213 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0768, 45.0378, 9.6609)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB333 #334ACA

analogous

#CA6833 #CAB333 #96CA33

triadic

#CAB333 #33CAB3 #B333CA

tetradic

#CAB333 #33CA68 #334ACA #CA3396

square

#CAB333 #33CA68 #334ACA #CA3396

split-complementary

#CAB333 #3396CA #6833CA

monochromatic

#685C1A #998827 #CAB333 #D8C663 #E4D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CAB333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#CAB333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB333

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB333	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)

#C5AE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 179, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec974',
    500: '#cab333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab333;
$custom-light: #dec974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.861,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76477,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB333

secondary

#8A94CF

accent

#5DE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB333

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

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