#CAB742#CAB742

#CAB742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB742
RGB	rgb(202, 183, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -6.58, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 59.87, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0235 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(42.2758, 46.8188, 11.9633)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB742 #4255CA

analogous

#CA7342 #CAB742 #99CA42

triadic

#CAB742 #42CAB7 #B742CA

tetradic

#CAB742 #42CA73 #4255CA #CA4299

square

#CAB742 #42CA73 #4255CA #CA4299

split-complementary

#CAB742 #4299CA #7342CA

monochromatic

#726620 #A2912D #CAB742 #D7C972 #E5DBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CAB742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#CAB742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB742

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB742	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 183, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decc7d',
    500: '#cab742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab742;
$custom-light: #decc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77426,
    "c": 0.13585,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.46817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB742

secondary

#969FD1

accent

#5DDF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB742

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

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