#CAB342#CAB342

#CAB342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.133 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB342
RGB	rgb(202, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -4.49, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 58.59, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0175 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.133 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4625, 45.1921, 11.6922)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB342 #4259CA

analogous

#CA6F42 #CAB342 #9DCA42

triadic

#CAB342 #42CAB3 #B342CA

tetradic

#CAB342 #42CA6F #4259CA #CA429D

square

#CAB342 #42CA6F #4259CA #CA429D

split-complementary

#CAB342 #429DCA #6F42CA

monochromatic

#726420 #A28E2D #CAB342 #D7C672 #E5D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CAB342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#CAB342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB342

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB342	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.133 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec97c',
    500: '#cab342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab342;
$custom-light: #dec97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7659,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB342

secondary

#96A0D1

accent

#62DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB342

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

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