#CAB556#CAB556

#CAB556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.118 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB556
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -4.22, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 50.46, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0144 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.118 97)
XYZ	xyz(42.5624, 46.2781, 15.4929)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB556 #566BCA

analogous

#CA7B56 #CAB556 #A5CA56

triadic

#CAB556 #56CAB5 #B556CA

tetradic

#CAB556 #56CA7B #566BCA #CA56A5

square

#CAB556 #56CA7B #566BCA #CA56A5

split-complementary

#CAB556 #56A5CA #7B56CA

monochromatic

#7E6E28 #AD9736 #CAB556 #D9C985 #E7DEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CAB556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#CAB556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB556

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB556	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.118 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca89',
    500: '#cab556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab556;
$custom-light: #ddca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.138,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77208,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.46276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB556

secondary

#A6AFD6

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB556

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

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