#CAB539#CAB539

#CAB539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.140 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB539
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -6.01, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 62.74, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0228 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.14 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6215, 45.9017, 10.5377)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB539 #394ECA

analogous

#CA6C39 #CAB539 #97CA39

triadic

#CAB539 #39CAB5 #B539CA

tetradic

#CAB539 #39CA6C #394ECA #CA3997

square

#CAB539 #39CA6C #394ECA #CA3997

split-complementary

#CAB539 #3997CA #6C39CA

monochromatic

#6C601D #9C8B2A #CAB539 #D7C769 #E4D99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#CAB539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB539

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB539	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.140 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca77',
    500: '#cab539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab539;
$custom-light: #deca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76937,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB539

secondary

#8F99D0

accent

#5DE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB539

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

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