#CAB449#CAB449

#CAB449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.128 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB449
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -4.60, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 55.96, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.017 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.128 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8828, 45.6821, 12.9134)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB449 #495FCA

analogous

#CA7449 #CAB449 #A0CA49

triadic

#CAB449 #49CAB4 #B449CA

tetradic

#CAB449 #49CA74 #495FCA #CA49A0

square

#CAB449 #49CA74 #495FCA #CA49A0

split-complementary

#CAB449 #49A0CA #7449CA

monochromatic

#766822 #A69230 #CAB449 #D8C878 #E6DBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CAB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#CAB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB449

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB449	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.128 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca80',
    500: '#cab449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab449;
$custom-light: #ddca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76862,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB449

secondary

#9CA5D3

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB449

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

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