#CAB44B#CAB44B

#CAB44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.127 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB44B
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -4.47, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 55.09, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0164 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.127 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9502, 45.7090, 13.2683)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB44B #4B61CA

analogous

#CA754B #CAB44B #A1CA4B

triadic

#CAB44B #4BCAB4 #B44BCA

tetradic

#CAB44B #4BCA75 #4B61CA #CA4BA1

square

#CAB44B #4BCA75 #4B61CA #CA4BA1

split-complementary

#CAB44B #4BA1CA #754BCA

monochromatic

#776923 #A79231 #CAB44B #D8C87A #E6DBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CAB44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#CAB44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB44B

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB44B	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)

#C5B03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.127 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca82',
    500: '#cab44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab44b;
$custom-light: #ddca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76881,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB44B

secondary

#9DA7D3

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB44B

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

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