#CAB459#CAB459

#CAB459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.114 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB459
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -3.46, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 48.72, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0119 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.114 96)
XYZ	xyz(42.4832, 45.9222, 16.0754)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB459 #596FCA

analogous

#CA7C59 #CAB459 #A7CA59

triadic

#CAB459 #59CAB4 #B459CA

tetradic

#CAB459 #59CA7C #596FCA #CA59A7

square

#CAB459 #59CA7C #596FCA #CA59A7

split-complementary

#CAB459 #59A7CA #7C59CA

monochromatic

#806F29 #AE9738 #CAB459 #D9C987 #E8DEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#CAB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB459

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB459	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)

#C4B050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.114 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca8a',
    500: '#cab459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab459;
$custom-light: #ddca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77036,
    "c": 0.11431,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.4592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB459

secondary

#A8B1D6

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB459

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

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