#CAB366#CAB366

#CAB366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.101 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB366
RGB	rgb(202, 179, 102)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 49.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -1.82, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 42.12, 92.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0057 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.101 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8769, 45.7579, 19.1414)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB366 #667DCA

analogous

#CA8166 #CAB366 #AFCA66

triadic

#CAB366 #66CAB3 #B366CA

tetradic

#CAB366 #66CA81 #667DCA #CA66AF

square

#CAB366 #66CA81 #667DCA #CA66AF

split-complementary

#CAB366 #66AFCA #8166CA

monochromatic

#87732F #B4993E #CAB366 #DACA93 #E9E0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CAB366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#CAB366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB366

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB366	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 179, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.101 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc993',
    500: '#cab366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab366;
$custom-light: #dcc993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.2,
    "s": 48.544,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77002,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB366

secondary

#B2BBD9

accent

#6FD850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB366

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

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