#CAB651#CAB651

#CAB651 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.123 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB651
RGB	rgb(202, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -5.11, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 53.09, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0175 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.123 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5720, 46.6084, 14.5369)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB651 #5165CA

analogous

#CA7A51 #CAB651 #A1CA51

triadic

#CAB651 #51CAB6 #B651CA

tetradic

#CAB651 #51CA7A #5165CA #CA51A1

square

#CAB651 #51CA7A #5165CA #CA51A1

split-complementary

#CAB651 #51A1CA #7A51CA

monochromatic

#7B6D25 #AA9634 #CAB651 #D8CA80 #E7DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CAB651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#CAB651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB651

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB651	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.123 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcb85',
    500: '#cab651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab651;
$custom-light: #ddcb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77361,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB651

secondary

#A2ABD5

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB651

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

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