#CAB844#CAB844

#CAB844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB844
RGB	rgb(202, 184, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -6.98, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 59.39, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0244 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5428, 47.2568, 12.3483)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB844 #4456CA

analogous

#CA7544 #CAB844 #99CA44

triadic

#CAB844 #44CAB8 #B844CA

tetradic

#CAB844 #44CA75 #4456CA #CA4499

square

#CAB844 #44CA75 #4456CA #CA4499

split-complementary

#CAB844 #4499CA #7544CA

monochromatic

#736821 #A3932E #CAB844 #D8CA74 #E5DCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CAB844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#CAB844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB844

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB844	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 184, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd7e',
    500: '#cab844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab844;
$custom-light: #ddcd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77653,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB844

secondary

#98A0D2

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB844

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

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