#CAB451#CAB451

#CAB451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.121 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB451
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -4.06, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 52.42, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0145 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.121 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1653, 45.7951, 14.4013)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB451 #5167CA

analogous

#CA7751 #CAB451 #A3CA51

triadic

#CAB451 #51CAB4 #B451CA

tetradic

#CAB451 #51CA77 #5167CA #CA51A3

square

#CAB451 #51CA77 #5167CA #CA51A3

split-complementary

#CAB451 #51A3CA #7751CA

monochromatic

#7B6C25 #AA9534 #CAB451 #D8C880 #E7DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CAB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#CAB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB451

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB451	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.121 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca85',
    500: '#cab451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab451;
$custom-light: #ddca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76944,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB451

secondary

#A2ABD5

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB451

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

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