#CAB83E#CAB83E

#CAB83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.139 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB83E
RGB	rgb(202, 184, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -7.31, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 61.79, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.026 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.139 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3690, 47.1872, 11.4328)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB83E #3E50CA

analogous

#CA723E #CAB83E #96CA3E

triadic

#CAB83E #3ECAB8 #B83ECA

tetradic

#CAB83E #3ECA72 #3E50CA #CA3E96

square

#CAB83E #3ECA72 #3E50CA #CA3E96

split-complementary

#CAB83E #3E96CA #723ECA

monochromatic

#6F651F #9F902C #CAB83E #D7CA6E #E4DB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CAB83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#CAB83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB83E

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB83E	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 184, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.139 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd7a',
    500: '#cab83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab83e;
$custom-light: #decd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77604,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB83E

secondary

#939BD1

accent

#5BE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB83E

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

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