#CAB446#CAB446

#CAB446 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.130 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB446
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -4.78, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 57.24, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0179 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.13 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7857, 45.6432, 12.4022)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB446 #465CCA

analogous

#CA7246 #CAB446 #9ECA46

triadic

#CAB446 #46CAB4 #B446CA

tetradic

#CAB446 #46CA72 #465CCA #CA469E

square

#CAB446 #46CA72 #465CCA #CA469E

split-complementary

#CAB446 #469ECA #7246CA

monochromatic

#746621 #A4902F #CAB446 #D8C776 #E5DBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CAB446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#CAB446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB446

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB446	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.130 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca7f',
    500: '#cab446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab446;
$custom-light: #ddca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76834,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB446

secondary

#9AA3D2

accent

#62DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB446

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →