#CAB759#CAB759

#CAB759 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.117 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB759
RGB	rgb(202, 183, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -5.03, 49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 49.77, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0164 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.117 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0954, 47.1466, 16.2794)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB759 #596CCA

analogous

#CA7F59 #CAB759 #A4CA59

triadic

#CAB759 #59CAB7 #B759CA

tetradic

#CAB759 #59CA7F #596CCA #CA59A4

square

#CAB759 #59CA7F #596CCA #CA59A4

split-complementary

#CAB759 #59A4CA #7F59CA

monochromatic

#807129 #AE9A38 #CAB759 #D9CB87 #E8DFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CAB759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#CAB759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB759

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB759	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 183, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.117 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcc8b',
    500: '#cab759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab759;
$custom-light: #ddcc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.912,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7766,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB759

secondary

#A8B0D6

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB759

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

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