#CAB53B#CAB53B

#CAB53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.139 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB53B
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -5.91, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 61.99, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0223 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.139 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6724, 45.9221, 10.8056)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB53B #3B50CA

analogous

#CA6D3B #CAB53B #97CA3B

triadic

#CAB53B #3BCAB5 #B53BCA

tetradic

#CAB53B #3BCA6D #3B50CA #CA3B97

square

#CAB53B #3BCA6D #3B50CA #CA3B97

split-complementary

#CAB53B #3B97CA #6D3BCA

monochromatic

#6D611E #9D8C2B #CAB53B #D7C76B #E4D99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#CAB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB53B

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB53B	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)

#C6B028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.139 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca78',
    500: '#cab53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab53b;
$custom-light: #deca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76951,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB53B

secondary

#919AD0

accent

#5EE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB53B

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

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