#CAB640#CAB640

#CAB640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB640
RGB	rgb(202, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -6.17, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 60.35, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0225 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0124, 46.3846, 11.5897)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB640 #4054CA

analogous

#CA7140 #CAB640 #99CA40

triadic

#CAB640 #40CAB6 #B640CA

tetradic

#CAB640 #40CA71 #4054CA #CA4099

square

#CAB640 #40CA71 #4054CA #CA4099

split-complementary

#CAB640 #4099CA #7140CA

monochromatic

#70651F #A0902C #CAB640 #D7C870 #E5DBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CAB640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#CAB640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB640

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB640	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)

#C7B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decb7b',
    500: '#cab640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab640;
$custom-light: #decb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.772,
    "c": 0.13645,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB640

secondary

#959ED1

accent

#5EE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB640

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

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