#CAB656#CAB656

#CAB656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.119 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB656
RGB	rgb(202, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -4.74, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 50.81, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0159 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.119 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7664, 46.6862, 15.5609)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB656 #566ACA

analogous

#CA7C56 #CAB656 #A4CA56

triadic

#CAB656 #56CAB6 #B656CA

tetradic

#CAB656 #56CA7C #566ACA #CA56A4

square

#CAB656 #56CA7C #566ACA #CA56A4

split-complementary

#CAB656 #56A4CA #7C56CA

monochromatic

#7E6F28 #AD9836 #CAB656 #D9CA85 #E7DEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CAB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#CAB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB656

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB656	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.119 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcb89',
    500: '#cab656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab656;
$custom-light: #ddcb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77416,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB656

secondary

#A6AED6

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB656

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

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