#CAB43B#CAB43B

#CAB43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB43B
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -5.39, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 61.68, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0209 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4698, 45.5169, 10.7381)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB43B #3B51CA

analogous

#CA6C3B #CAB43B #98CA3B

triadic

#CAB43B #3BCAB4 #B43BCA

tetradic

#CAB43B #3BCA6C #3B51CA #CA3B98

square

#CAB43B #3BCA6C #3B51CA #CA3B98

split-complementary

#CAB43B #3B98CA #6C3BCA

monochromatic

#6D611E #9D8C2B #CAB43B #D7C66B #E4D99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CAB43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#CAB43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB43B

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB43B	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)

#C5AF29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca78',
    500: '#cab43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab43b;
$custom-light: #deca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76742,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB43B

secondary

#919BD0

accent

#5FE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB43B

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

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