#CAB44F#CAB44F

#CAB44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.123 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB44F
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -4.20, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 53.32, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0152 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.123 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0914, 45.7655, 14.0121)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB44F #4F65CA

analogous

#CA764F #CAB44F #A3CA4F

triadic

#CAB44F #4FCAB4 #B44FCA

tetradic

#CAB44F #4FCA76 #4F65CA #CA4FA3

square

#CAB44F #4FCA76 #4F65CA #CA4FA3

split-complementary

#CAB44F #4FA3CA #764FCA

monochromatic

#7A6B25 #A99433 #CAB44F #D8C87E #E6DCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CAB44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#CAB44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB44F

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB44F	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)

#C4B044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.123 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca84',
    500: '#cab44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab44f;
$custom-light: #ddca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76922,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB44F

secondary

#A1AAD4

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB44F

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

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