#CAB448#CAB448

#CAB448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB448
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -4.66, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 56.39, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0173 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8499, 45.6689, 12.7402)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB448 #485ECA

analogous

#CA7348 #CAB448 #9FCA48

triadic

#CAB448 #48CAB4 #B448CA

tetradic

#CAB448 #48CA73 #485ECA #CA489F

square

#CAB448 #48CA73 #485ECA #CA489F

split-complementary

#CAB448 #489FCA #7348CA

monochromatic

#766722 #A59130 #CAB448 #D8C777 #E5DBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CAB448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#CAB448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB448

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB448	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)

#C5B03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca80',
    500: '#cab448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab448;
$custom-light: #ddca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76852,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB448

secondary

#9BA5D3

accent

#63DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB448

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

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