#CAB43C#CAB43C

#CAB43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.138 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB43C
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -5.34, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 61.29, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0206 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.138 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4959, 45.5273, 10.8760)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB43C #3C52CA

analogous

#CA6D3C #CAB43C #99CA3C

triadic

#CAB43C #3CCAB4 #B43CCA

tetradic

#CAB43C #3CCA6D #3C52CA #CA3C99

square

#CAB43C #3CCA6D #3C52CA #CA3C99

split-complementary

#CAB43C #3C99CA #6D3CCA

monochromatic

#6E611E #9E8C2B #CAB43C #D7C76C #E4D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CAB43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#CAB43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB43C

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB43C	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)

#C5AF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.138 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca79',
    500: '#cab43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab43c;
$custom-light: #deca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7675,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB43C

secondary

#929BD0

accent

#5FE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB43C

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

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