#CAB357#CAB357

#CAB357 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.115 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB357
RGB	rgb(202, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -3.09, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 49.32, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.011 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.115 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1992, 45.4868, 15.5720)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB357 #576ECA

analogous

#CA7A57 #CAB357 #A8CA57

triadic

#CAB357 #57CAB3 #B357CA

tetradic

#CAB357 #57CA7A #576ECA #CA57A8

square

#CAB357 #57CA7A #576ECA #CA57A8

split-complementary

#CAB357 #57A8CA #7A57CA

monochromatic

#7F6D28 #AD9537 #CAB357 #D9C886 #E7DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CAB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#CAB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB357

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB357	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.115 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc989',
    500: '#cab357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab357;
$custom-light: #ddc989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76805,
    "c": 0.11535,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB357

secondary

#A7B0D6

accent

#69DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB357

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

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