#CAB545#CAB545

#CAB545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB545
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -5.36, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 57.98, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0197 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9570, 46.0359, 12.3049)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB545 #455ACA

analogous

#CA7245 #CAB545 #9DCA45

triadic

#CAB545 #45CAB5 #B545CA

tetradic

#CAB545 #45CA72 #455ACA #CA459D

square

#CAB545 #45CA72 #455ACA #CA459D

split-complementary

#CAB545 #459DCA #7245CA

monochromatic

#746721 #A3912F #CAB545 #D8C875 #E5DBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#CAB545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB545

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB545	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca7e',
    500: '#cab545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab545;
$custom-light: #ddca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77034,
    "c": 0.13201,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB545

secondary

#99A2D2

accent

#61DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB545

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

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