#CAB351#CAB351

#CAB351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.121 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB351
RGB	rgb(202, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -3.54, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 52.08, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.013 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.121 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9642, 45.3928, 14.3343)
Luminance	0.4539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB351 #5168CA

analogous

#CA7651 #CAB351 #A4CA51

triadic

#CAB351 #51CAB3 #B351CA

tetradic

#CAB351 #51CA76 #5168CA #CA51A4

square

#CAB351 #51CA76 #5168CA #CA51A4

split-complementary

#CAB351 #51A4CA #7651CA

monochromatic

#7B6B25 #AA9434 #CAB351 #D8C780 #E7DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CAB351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#CAB351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB351

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB351	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.121 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc985',
    500: '#cab351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab351;
$custom-light: #ddc985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76736,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB351

secondary

#A2ACD5

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB351

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

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