#CAB33B#CAB33B

#CAB33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB33B
RGB	rgb(202, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -4.87, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 61.37, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0194 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2686, 45.1146, 10.6711)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB33B #3B52CA

analogous

#CA6B3B #CAB33B #99CA3B

triadic

#CAB33B #3BCAB3 #B33BCA

tetradic

#CAB33B #3BCA6B #3B52CA #CA3B99

square

#CAB33B #3BCA6B #3B52CA #CA3B99

split-complementary

#CAB33B #3B99CA #6B3BCA

monochromatic

#6D601E #9D8B2B #CAB33B #D7C66B #E4D89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CAB33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#CAB33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB33B

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB33B	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)

#C5AF29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec978',
    500: '#cab33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab33b;
$custom-light: #dec978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76533,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB33B

secondary

#919BD0

accent

#60E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB33B

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

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