#CAB544#CAB544

#CAB544 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB544
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -5.42, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 58.40, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.02 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9262, 46.0236, 12.1428)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB544 #4459CA

analogous

#CA7244 #CAB544 #9CCA44

triadic

#CAB544 #44CAB5 #B544CA

tetradic

#CAB544 #44CA72 #4459CA #CA449C

square

#CAB544 #44CA72 #4459CA #CA449C

split-complementary

#CAB544 #449CCA #7244CA

monochromatic

#736621 #A3902E #CAB544 #D8C874 #E5DBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#CAB544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB544

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB544	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca7e',
    500: '#cab544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab544;
$custom-light: #ddca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77025,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB544

secondary

#98A1D2

accent

#60DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB544

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

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