#CAB45B#CAB45B

#CAB45B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.112 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB45B
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -3.30, 47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 47.78, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0112 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.112 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5683, 45.9563, 16.5237)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB45B #5B71CA

analogous

#CA7C5B #CAB45B #A9CA5B

triadic

#CAB45B #5BCAB4 #B45BCA

tetradic

#CAB45B #5BCA7C #5B71CA #CA5BA9

square

#CAB45B #5BCA7C #5B71CA #CA5BA9

split-complementary

#CAB45B #5BA9CA #7C5BCA

monochromatic

#81702A #AF9839 #CAB45B #D9C989 #E8DEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#CAB45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB45B

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB45B	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.112 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca8c',
    500: '#cab45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab45b;
$custom-light: #dcca8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77061,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB45B

secondary

#AAB3D7

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB45B

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

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