#CAB462#CAB462

#CAB462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.106 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB462
RGB	rgb(202, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 51.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -2.71, 44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 44.42, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0087 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.106 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8845, 46.0827, 18.1888)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB462 #6278CA

analogous

#CA8062 #CAB462 #ACCA62

triadic

#CAB462 #62CAB4 #B462CA

tetradic

#CAB462 #62CA80 #6278CA #CA62AC

square

#CAB462 #62CA80 #6278CA #CA62AC

split-complementary

#CAB462 #62ACCA #8062CA

monochromatic

#85722D #B39A3C #CAB462 #D9CA90 #E9E0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#CAB462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB462

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB462	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.106 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca90',
    500: '#cab462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab462;
$custom-light: #dcca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77152,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB462

secondary

#AFB8D8

accent

#6CD94F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB462

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

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