#CAB356#CAB356

#CAB356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.116 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB356
RGB	rgb(202, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -3.17, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 49.79, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0114 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.116 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1586, 45.4706, 15.3583)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB356 #566DCA

analogous

#CA7956 #CAB356 #A7CA56

triadic

#CAB356 #56CAB3 #B356CA

tetradic

#CAB356 #56CA79 #566DCA #CA56A7

square

#CAB356 #56CA79 #566DCA #CA56A7

split-complementary

#CAB356 #56A7CA #7956CA

monochromatic

#7E6D28 #AD9536 #CAB356 #D9C885 #E7DDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CAB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#CAB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB356

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB356	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)

#C3AF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.116 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc988',
    500: '#cab356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab356;
$custom-light: #ddc988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.103,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76793,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB356

secondary

#A6B0D6

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB356

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

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