#CAB456#CAB456

#CAB456 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.117 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB456
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -3.69, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 50.12, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0129 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.117 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3598, 45.8728, 15.4254)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB456 #566CCA

analogous

#CA7A56 #CAB456 #A6CA56

triadic

#CAB456 #56CAB4 #B456CA

tetradic

#CAB456 #56CA7A #566CCA #CA56A6

square

#CAB456 #56CA7A #566CCA #CA56A6

split-complementary

#CAB456 #56A6CA #7A56CA

monochromatic

#7E6E28 #AD9636 #CAB456 #D9C985 #E7DDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#CAB456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB456

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB456	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.117 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca89',
    500: '#cab456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab456;
$custom-light: #ddca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB456

secondary

#A6AFD6

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB456

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

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