#CAB642#CAB642

#CAB642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB642
RGB	rgb(202, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -6.06, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 59.54, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.022 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0703, 46.4077, 11.8948)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB642 #4256CA

analogous

#CA7242 #CAB642 #9ACA42

triadic

#CAB642 #42CAB6 #B642CA

tetradic

#CAB642 #42CA72 #4256CA #CA429A

square

#CAB642 #42CA72 #4256CA #CA429A

split-complementary

#CAB642 #429ACA #7242CA

monochromatic

#726620 #A2902D #CAB642 #D7C872 #E5DBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CAB642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#CAB642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB642

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB642	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)

#C7B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decb7c',
    500: '#cab642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab642;
$custom-light: #decb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77217,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB642

secondary

#969FD1

accent

#5FDF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB642

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

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