#CAB355#CAB355

#CAB355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.117 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB355
RGB	rgb(202, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -3.24, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 50.25, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0117 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.117 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1186, 45.4546, 15.1476)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB355 #556CCA

analogous

#CA7955 #CAB355 #A7CA55

triadic

#CAB355 #55CAB3 #B355CA

tetradic

#CAB355 #55CA79 #556CCA #CA55A7

square

#CAB355 #55CA79 #556CCA #CA55A7

split-complementary

#CAB355 #55A7CA #7955CA

monochromatic

#7D6D27 #AC9536 #CAB355 #D9C884 #E7DDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CAB355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#CAB355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB355

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB355	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.117 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc988',
    500: '#cab355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab355;
$custom-light: #ddc988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76781,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB355

secondary

#A5AFD5

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB355

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

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