#CAB533#CAB533

#CAB533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB533
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 74.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -6.28, 64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 64.90, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0242 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4806, 45.8453, 9.7954)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB533 #3348CA

analogous

#CA6A33 #CAB533 #93CA33

triadic

#CAB533 #33CAB5 #B533CA

tetradic

#CAB533 #33CA6A #3348CA #CA3393

square

#CAB533 #33CA6A #3348CA #CA3393

split-complementary

#CAB533 #3393CA #6A33CA

monochromatic

#685D1A #998927 #CAB533 #D8C763 #E4D994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CAB533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#CAB533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB533

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB533	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca74',
    500: '#cab533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab533;
$custom-light: #deca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.656,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76896,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB533

secondary

#8A93CF

accent

#5BE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB533

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

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