#CAB33C#CAB33C

#CAB33C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.137 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB33C
RGB	rgb(202, 179, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -4.81, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 60.99, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0191 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.137 98)
XYZ	xyz(41.2948, 45.1250, 10.8090)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB33C #3C53CA

analogous

#CA6C3C #CAB33C #9ACA3C

triadic

#CAB33C #3CCAB3 #B33CCA

tetradic

#CAB33C #3CCA6C #3C53CA #CA3C9A

square

#CAB33C #3CCA6C #3C53CA #CA3C9A

split-complementary

#CAB33C #3C9ACA #6C3CCA

monochromatic

#6E611E #9E8B2B #CAB33C #D7C66C #E4D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CAB33C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#CAB33C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB33C

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB33C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB33C	1.00	2.09	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.09	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)

#C5AF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab33c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 179, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.137 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec979',
    500: '#cab33c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab33c;
$custom-light: #dec979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab33c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.282,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76541,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.45123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB33C

secondary

#929CD0

accent

#60E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB33C

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

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