#CAB550#CAB550

#CAB550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.123 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB550
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -4.66, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 53.20, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0164 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.123 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3307, 46.1854, 14.2728)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB550 #5065CA

analogous

#CA7850 #CAB550 #A2CA50

triadic

#CAB550 #50CAB5 #B550CA

tetradic

#CAB550 #50CA78 #5065CA #CA50A2

square

#CAB550 #50CA78 #5065CA #CA50A2

split-complementary

#CAB550 #50A2CA #7850CA

monochromatic

#7A6C25 #A99533 #CAB550 #D8C97F #E6DDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CAB550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#CAB550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB550

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB550	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.123 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca85',
    500: '#cab550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab550;
$custom-light: #ddca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77141,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB550

secondary

#A1AAD4

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB550

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

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