#CAB551#CAB551

#CAB551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.122 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB551
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -4.58, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 52.75, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.016 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.122 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3679, 46.2003, 14.4688)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB551 #5166CA

analogous

#CA7851 #CAB551 #A2CA51

triadic

#CAB551 #51CAB5 #B551CA

tetradic

#CAB551 #51CA78 #5166CA #CA51A2

square

#CAB551 #51CA78 #5166CA #CA51A2

split-complementary

#CAB551 #51A2CA #7851CA

monochromatic

#7B6C25 #AA9534 #CAB551 #D8C980 #E7DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CAB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#CAB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB551

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB551	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)

#C5B146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.122 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca85',
    500: '#cab551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab551;
$custom-light: #ddca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77152,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB551

secondary

#A2ABD5

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB551

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

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