#CAB55D#CAB55D

#CAB55D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.111 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB55D
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 54%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -3.66, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 47.17, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.012 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.111 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8583, 46.3964, 17.0517)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB55D #5D72CA

analogous

#CA7E5D #CAB55D #A9CA5D

triadic

#CAB55D #5DCAB5 #B55DCA

tetradic

#CAB55D #5DCA7E #5D72CA #CA5DA9

square

#CAB55D #5DCA7E #5D72CA #CA5DA9

split-complementary

#CAB55D #5DA9CA #7E5DCA

monochromatic

#82712B #B0993A #CAB55D #D9CA8B #E8DFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CAB55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#CAB55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB55D

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB55D	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.111 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca8d',
    500: '#cab55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab55d;
$custom-light: #dcca8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.44,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77293,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB55D

secondary

#ACB4D7

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB55D

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

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