#CAB648#CAB648

#CAB648 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB648
RGB	rgb(202, 182, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -5.70, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 57.04, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0203 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(42.2566, 46.4822, 12.8758)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB648 #485CCA

analogous

#CA7548 #CAB648 #9DCA48

triadic

#CAB648 #48CAB6 #B648CA

tetradic

#CAB648 #48CA75 #485CCA #CA489D

square

#CAB648 #48CA75 #485CCA #CA489D

split-complementary

#CAB648 #489DCA #7548CA

monochromatic

#766922 #A59330 #CAB648 #D8C977 #E5DCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CAB648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#CAB648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB648

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB648	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)

#C7B13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 182, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcb80',
    500: '#cab648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab648;
$custom-light: #ddcb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7727,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.4648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB648

secondary

#9BA4D3

accent

#60DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB648

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

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