#CAB557#CAB557

#CAB557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.117 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB557
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -4.14, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 50.00, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0141 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.117 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6029, 46.2943, 15.7066)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB557 #576CCA

analogous

#CA7C57 #CAB557 #A6CA57

triadic

#CAB557 #57CAB5 #B557CA

tetradic

#CAB557 #57CA7C #576CCA #CA57A6

square

#CAB557 #57CA7C #576CCA #CA57A6

split-complementary

#CAB557 #57A6CA #7C57CA

monochromatic

#7F6F28 #AD9837 #CAB557 #D9C986 #E7DEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CAB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#CAB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB557

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB557	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)

#C5B14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.117 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca89',
    500: '#cab557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab557;
$custom-light: #ddca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.043,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7722,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB557

secondary

#A7AFD6

accent

#66DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB557

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

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