#CAB340#CAB340

#CAB340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.134 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB340
RGB	rgb(202, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -4.60, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 59.40, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0181 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.134 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4046, 45.1689, 11.3871)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB340 #4057CA

analogous

#CA6E40 #CAB340 #9CCA40

triadic

#CAB340 #40CAB3 #B340CA

tetradic

#CAB340 #40CA6E #4057CA #CA409C

square

#CAB340 #40CA6E #4057CA #CA409C

split-complementary

#CAB340 #409CCA #6E40CA

monochromatic

#70631F #A08D2C #CAB340 #D7C670 #E5D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CAB340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#CAB340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB340

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB340	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.134 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec97b',
    500: '#cab340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab340;
$custom-light: #dec97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76573,
    "c": 0.13409,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB340

secondary

#959FD1

accent

#61E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB340

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

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