#CAB457#CAB457

#CAB457 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.116 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB457
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -3.62, 49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 49.66, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0125 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.116 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4003, 45.8891, 15.6391)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB457 #576DCA

analogous

#CA7B57 #CAB457 #A7CA57

triadic

#CAB457 #57CAB4 #B457CA

tetradic

#CAB457 #57CA7B #576DCA #CA57A7

square

#CAB457 #57CA7B #576DCA #CA57A7

split-complementary

#CAB457 #57A7CA #7B57CA

monochromatic

#7F6E28 #AD9637 #CAB457 #D9C986 #E7DEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#CAB457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB457

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB457	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.116 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca89',
    500: '#cab457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab457;
$custom-light: #ddca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77012,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB457

secondary

#A7B0D6

accent

#68DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB457

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

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