#CAB74A#CAB74A

#CAB74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB74A
RGB	rgb(202, 183, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -6.10, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 56.52, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0212 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5284, 46.9198, 13.2935)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB74A #4A5DCA

analogous

#CA774A #CAB74A #9DCA4A

triadic

#CAB74A #4ACAB7 #B74ACA

tetradic

#CAB74A #4ACA77 #4A5DCA #CA4A9D

square

#CAB74A #4ACA77 #4A5DCA #CA4A9D

split-complementary

#CAB74A #4A9DCA #774ACA

monochromatic

#776A23 #A69531 #CAB74A #D8CA79 #E6DDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CAB74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#CAB74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB74A

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB74A	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 183, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcc81',
    500: '#cab74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab74a;
$custom-light: #ddcc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77498,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB74A

secondary

#9DA5D3

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB74A

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

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