#CAB440#CAB440

#CAB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.135 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB440
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -5.13, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 59.72, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0196 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.135 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6057, 45.5712, 11.4541)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB440 #4056CA

analogous

#CA6F40 #CAB440 #9BCA40

triadic

#CAB440 #40CAB4 #B440CA

tetradic

#CAB440 #40CA6F #4056CA #CA409B

square

#CAB440 #40CA6F #4056CA #CA409B

split-complementary

#CAB440 #409BCA #6F40CA

monochromatic

#70631F #A08E2C #CAB440 #D7C770 #E5DAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CAB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#CAB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB440

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB440	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)

#C5B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.135 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca7b',
    500: '#cab440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab440;
$custom-light: #deca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76782,
    "c": 0.13486,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB440

secondary

#959ED1

accent

#60E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB440

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

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