#CAB751#CAB751

#CAB751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.124 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB751
RGB	rgb(202, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -5.63, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 53.44, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.019 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.124 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7775, 47.0194, 14.6054)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB751 #5164CA

analogous

#CA7B51 #CAB751 #A0CA51

triadic

#CAB751 #51CAB7 #B751CA

tetradic

#CAB751 #51CA7B #5164CA #CA51A0

square

#CAB751 #51CA7B #5164CA #CA51A0

split-complementary

#CAB751 #51A0CA #7B51CA

monochromatic

#7B6E25 #AA9734 #CAB751 #D8CA80 #E7DEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CAB751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#CAB751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB751

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB751	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.124 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcc86',
    500: '#cab751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab751;
$custom-light: #ddcc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77569,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB751

secondary

#A2AAD5

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB751

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

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