#CAB840#CAB840

#CAB840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB840
RGB	rgb(202, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -7.21, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 61.00, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0255 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4249, 47.2096, 11.7272)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB840 #4052CA

analogous

#CA7340 #CAB840 #97CA40

triadic

#CAB840 #40CAB8 #B840CA

tetradic

#CAB840 #40CA73 #4052CA #CA4097

square

#CAB840 #40CA73 #4052CA #CA4097

split-complementary

#CAB840 #4097CA #7340CA

monochromatic

#70661F #A0912C #CAB840 #D7CA70 #E5DCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CAB840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#CAB840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB840

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB840	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)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd7b',
    500: '#cab840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab840;
$custom-light: #decd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7762,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB840

secondary

#959DD1

accent

#5CE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB840

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

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