#CAB346#CAB346

#CAB346 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.130 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB346
RGB	rgb(202, 179, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -4.26, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 56.92, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0164 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.13 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5846, 45.2409, 12.3351)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB346 #465DCA

analogous

#CA7146 #CAB346 #9FCA46

triadic

#CAB346 #46CAB3 #B346CA

tetradic

#CAB346 #46CA71 #465DCA #CA469F

square

#CAB346 #46CA71 #465DCA #CA469F

split-complementary

#CAB346 #469FCA #7146CA

monochromatic

#746621 #A48F2F #CAB346 #D8C776 #E5DAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CAB346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#CAB346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB346

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB346	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)

#C4AF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 179, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.130 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc97f',
    500: '#cab346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab346;
$custom-light: #ddc97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76625,
    "c": 0.12967,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB346

secondary

#9AA3D2

accent

#63DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB346

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

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