#CAB738#CAB738

#CAB738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.143 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB738
RGB	rgb(202, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -7.09, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 63.73, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.026 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.143 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0064, 46.7110, 10.5441)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB738 #384BCA

analogous

#CA6E38 #CAB738 #94CA38

triadic

#CAB738 #38CAB7 #B738CA

tetradic

#CAB738 #38CA6E #384BCA #CA3894

square

#CAB738 #38CA6E #384BCA #CA3894

split-complementary

#CAB738 #3894CA #6E38CA

monochromatic

#6B611D #9B8D29 #CAB738 #D7C868 #E4DA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CAB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#CAB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB738

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB738	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)

#C8B223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.143 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decc77',
    500: '#cab738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab738;
$custom-light: #decc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.192,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77349,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB738

secondary

#8E97CF

accent

#5BE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB738

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

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