#CAB835#CAB835

#CAB835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.145 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB835
RGB	rgb(202, 184, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -7.75, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 65.12, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0282 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.145 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1422, 47.0965, 10.2382)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB835 #3547CA

analogous

#CA6E35 #CAB835 #91CA35

triadic

#CAB835 #35CAB8 #B835CA

tetradic

#CAB835 #35CA6E #3547CA #CA3591

square

#CAB835 #35CA6E #3547CA #CA3591

split-complementary

#CAB835 #3591CA #6E35CA

monochromatic

#69601C #9A8C28 #CAB835 #D7C965 #E3DA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CAB835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#CAB835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB835

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB835	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B31D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 184, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.145 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decc76',
    500: '#cab835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab835;
$custom-light: #decc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.752,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7754,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB835

secondary

#8C94CF

accent

#59E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB835

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

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