#CAB535#CAB535

#CAB535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.143 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB535
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -6.19, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 64.20, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0238 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.143 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5256, 45.8634, 10.0327)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB535 #354ACA

analogous

#CA6B35 #CAB535 #94CA35

triadic

#CAB535 #35CAB5 #B535CA

tetradic

#CAB535 #35CA6B #354ACA #CA3594

square

#CAB535 #35CA6B #354ACA #CA3594

split-complementary

#CAB535 #3594CA #6B35CA

monochromatic

#695E1C #9A8A28 #CAB535 #D7C765 #E3D996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#CAB535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB535

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB535	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	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)

#C7B01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.143 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca75',
    500: '#cab535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab535;
$custom-light: #deca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.544,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76909,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB535

secondary

#8C95CF

accent

#5CE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB535

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

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