#CAB540#CAB540

#CAB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.136 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB540
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -5.65, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 60.03, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0211 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.136 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8083, 45.9764, 11.5216)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB540 #4055CA

analogous

#CA7040 #CAB540 #9ACA40

triadic

#CAB540 #40CAB5 #B540CA

tetradic

#CAB540 #40CA70 #4055CA #CA409A

square

#CAB540 #40CA70 #4055CA #CA409A

split-complementary

#CAB540 #409ACA #7040CA

monochromatic

#70641F #A08F2C #CAB540 #D7C870 #E5DAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#CAB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB540

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB540	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)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.136 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca7b',
    500: '#cab540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab540;
$custom-light: #deca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76991,
    "c": 0.13564,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB540

secondary

#959ED1

accent

#5FE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB540

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

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