#CAB839#CAB839

#CAB839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.143 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB839
RGB	rgb(202, 184, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -7.56, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 63.68, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0273 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.143 101)
XYZ	xyz(42.2381, 47.1349, 10.7432)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB839 #394BCA

analogous

#CA6F39 #CAB839 #93CA39

triadic

#CAB839 #39CAB8 #B839CA

tetradic

#CAB839 #39CA6F #394BCA #CA3993

square

#CAB839 #39CA6F #394BCA #CA3993

split-complementary

#CAB839 #3993CA #6F39CA

monochromatic

#6C621D #9C8E2A #CAB839 #D7C969 #E4DB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CAB839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#CAB839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB839

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB839	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)

#C9B324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 184, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.143 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd78',
    500: '#cab839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab839;
$custom-light: #decd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.552,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77567,
    "c": 0.14273,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.47133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB839

secondary

#8F97D0

accent

#5AE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB839

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

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