#CAB461#CAB461

#CAB461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.107 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB461
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 52%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -2.80, 44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 44.90, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.009 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.107 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8375, 46.0640, 17.9417)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB461 #6177CA

analogous

#CA7F61 #CAB461 #ABCA61

triadic

#CAB461 #61CAB4 #B461CA

tetradic

#CAB461 #61CA7F #6177CA #CA61AB

square

#CAB461 #61CA7F #6177CA #CA61AB

split-complementary

#CAB461 #61ABCA #7F61CA

monochromatic

#84722C #B2993C #CAB461 #D9CA8F #E9E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#CAB461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB461

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB461	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.107 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca90',
    500: '#cab461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab461;
$custom-light: #dcca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.429,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77138,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB461

secondary

#AFB7D8

accent

#6CD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB461

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

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