#CAB44A#CAB44A

#CAB44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.127 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB44A
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -4.53, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 55.52, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0167 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.127 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9162, 45.6954, 13.0895)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB44A #4A60CA

analogous

#CA744A #CAB44A #A0CA4A

triadic

#CAB44A #4ACAB4 #B44ACA

tetradic

#CAB44A #4ACA74 #4A60CA #CA4AA0

square

#CAB44A #4ACA74 #4A60CA #CA4AA0

split-complementary

#CAB44A #4AA0CA #744ACA

monochromatic

#776823 #A69231 #CAB44A #D8C879 #E6DBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CAB44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#CAB44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB44A

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB44A	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)

#C5B03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.127 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca81',
    500: '#cab44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab44a;
$custom-light: #ddca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76872,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB44A

secondary

#9DA6D3

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB44A

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

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