#CAB548#CAB548

#CAB548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.130 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB548
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -5.18, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 56.71, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0188 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.13 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0525, 46.0741, 12.8078)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB548 #485DCA

analogous

#CA7448 #CAB548 #9ECA48

triadic

#CAB548 #48CAB5 #B548CA

tetradic

#CAB548 #48CA74 #485DCA #CA489E

square

#CAB548 #48CA74 #485DCA #CA489E

split-complementary

#CAB548 #489ECA #7448CA

monochromatic

#766822 #A59230 #CAB548 #D8C877 #E5DBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#CAB548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB548

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB548	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)

#C6B13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.130 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca80',
    500: '#cab548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab548;
$custom-light: #ddca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77061,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB548

secondary

#9BA4D3

accent

#61DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB548

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

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