#CAB53E#CAB53E

#CAB53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB53E
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -5.76, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 60.83, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0216 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7524, 45.9541, 11.2273)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB53E #3E53CA

analogous

#CA6F3E #CAB53E #99CA3E

triadic

#CAB53E #3ECAB5 #B53ECA

tetradic

#CAB53E #3ECA6F #3E53CA #CA3E99

square

#CAB53E #3ECA6F #3E53CA #CA3E99

split-complementary

#CAB53E #3E99CA #6F3ECA

monochromatic

#6F631F #9F8E2C #CAB53E #D7C76E #E4DA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#CAB53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB53E

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB53E	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca7a',
    500: '#cab53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab53e;
$custom-light: #deca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76974,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB53E

secondary

#939CD1

accent

#5FE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB53E

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

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