#CAB452#CAB452

#CAB452 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.121 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB452
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -3.99, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 51.96, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0142 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.121 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2031, 45.8102, 14.6003)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB452 #5268CA

analogous

#CA7852 #CAB452 #A4CA52

triadic

#CAB452 #52CAB4 #B452CA

tetradic

#CAB452 #52CA78 #5268CA #CA52A4

square

#CAB452 #52CA78 #5268CA #CA52A4

split-complementary

#CAB452 #52A4CA #7852CA

monochromatic

#7C6C26 #AB9534 #CAB452 #D8C881 #E7DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CAB452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#CAB452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB452

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB452	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)

#C4B048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.121 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca86',
    500: '#cab452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab452;
$custom-light: #ddca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76955,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB452

secondary

#A3ACD5

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB452

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

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