#CAB549#CAB549

#CAB549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.129 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB549
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -5.12, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 56.29, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0185 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.129 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0854, 46.0873, 12.9810)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB549 #495ECA

analogous

#CA7549 #CAB549 #9FCA49

triadic

#CAB549 #49CAB5 #B549CA

tetradic

#CAB549 #49CA75 #495ECA #CA499F

square

#CAB549 #49CA75 #495ECA #CA499F

split-complementary

#CAB549 #499FCA #7549CA

monochromatic

#766922 #A69230 #CAB549 #D8C878 #E6DCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#CAB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB549

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB549	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.129 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca80',
    500: '#cab549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab549;
$custom-light: #ddca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77071,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB549

secondary

#9CA5D3

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB549

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

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