#CAB562#CAB562

#CAB562 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.106 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB562
RGB	rgb(202, 181, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 51.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -3.24, 44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 44.77, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0102 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.106 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0871, 46.4879, 18.2564)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB562 #6277CA

analogous

#CA8162 #CAB562 #ABCA62

triadic

#CAB562 #62CAB5 #B562CA

tetradic

#CAB562 #62CA81 #6277CA #CA62AB

square

#CAB562 #62CA81 #6277CA #CA62AB

split-complementary

#CAB562 #62ABCA #8162CA

monochromatic

#85732D #B39B3C #CAB562 #D9CB90 #E9E0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CAB562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#CAB562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB562

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB562	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B25B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 181, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.106 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb90',
    500: '#cab562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab562;
$custom-light: #dccb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.885,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77359,
    "c": 0.10645,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB562

secondary

#AFB8D8

accent

#6BD94F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB562

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

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