#CAB646#CAB646

#CAB646 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB646
RGB	rgb(202, 182, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -5.83, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 57.89, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0209 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1924, 46.4566, 12.5377)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB646 #465ACA

analogous

#CA7446 #CAB646 #9CCA46

triadic

#CAB646 #46CAB6 #B646CA

tetradic

#CAB646 #46CA74 #465ACA #CA469C

square

#CAB646 #46CA74 #465ACA #CA469C

split-complementary

#CAB646 #469CCA #7446CA

monochromatic

#746821 #A4922F #CAB646 #D8C976 #E5DCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CAB646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#CAB646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB646

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB646	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 182, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcb7f',
    500: '#cab646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab646;
$custom-light: #ddcb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77252,
    "c": 0.13206,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB646

secondary

#9AA2D2

accent

#60DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB646

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

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