#CAB43E#CAB43E

#CAB43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.136 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB43E
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -5.23, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 60.51, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0201 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.136 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5498, 45.5489, 11.1597)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB43E #3E54CA

analogous

#CA6E3E #CAB43E #9ACA3E

triadic

#CAB43E #3ECAB4 #B43ECA

tetradic

#CAB43E #3ECA6E #3E54CA #CA3E9A

square

#CAB43E #3ECA6E #3E54CA #CA3E9A

split-complementary

#CAB43E #3E9ACA #6E3ECA

monochromatic

#6F621F #9F8D2C #CAB43E #D7C76E #E4D99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CAB43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#CAB43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB43E

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB43E	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.136 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca7a',
    500: '#cab43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab43e;
$custom-light: #deca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76765,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB43E

secondary

#939DD1

accent

#60E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB43E

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

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