#CAB44D#CAB44D

#CAB44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.125 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB44D
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 61.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -4.34, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 54.21, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0158 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.125 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0197, 45.7368, 13.6345)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB44D #4D63CA

analogous

#CA764D #CAB44D #A2CA4D

triadic

#CAB44D #4DCAB4 #B44DCA

tetradic

#CAB44D #4DCA76 #4D63CA #CA4DA2

square

#CAB44D #4DCA76 #4D63CA #CA4DA2

split-complementary

#CAB44D #4DA2CA #764DCA

monochromatic

#796A24 #A89332 #CAB44D #D8C87C #E6DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CAB44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#CAB44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB44D

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB44D	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.125 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca83',
    500: '#cab44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab44d;
$custom-light: #ddca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76902,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB44D

secondary

#9FA8D4

accent

#64DD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB44D

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

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