#CAB345#CAB345

#CAB345 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.130 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB345
RGB	rgb(202, 179, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -4.32, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 57.34, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0167 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.13 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5533, 45.2284, 12.1703)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB345 #455CCA

analogous

#CA7045 #CAB345 #9ECA45

triadic

#CAB345 #45CAB3 #B345CA

tetradic

#CAB345 #45CA70 #455CCA #CA459E

square

#CAB345 #45CA70 #455CCA #CA459E

split-complementary

#CAB345 #459ECA #7045CA

monochromatic

#746521 #A38F2F #CAB345 #D8C675 #E5DAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CAB345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#CAB345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB345

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB345	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 179, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.130 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc97e',
    500: '#cab345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab345;
$custom-light: #ddc97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76616,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB345

secondary

#99A3D2

accent

#63DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB345

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

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