#CAB84A#CAB84A

#CAB84A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB84A
RGB	rgb(202, 184, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -6.62, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 56.86, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0227 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(42.7354, 47.3338, 13.3625)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB84A #4A5CCA

analogous

#CA784A #CAB84A #9CCA4A

triadic

#CAB84A #4ACAB8 #B84ACA

tetradic

#CAB84A #4ACA78 #4A5CCA #CA4A9C

square

#CAB84A #4ACA78 #4A5CCA #CA4A9C

split-complementary

#CAB84A #4A9CCA #784ACA

monochromatic

#776B23 #A69631 #CAB84A #D8CB79 #E6DDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CAB84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#CAB84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB84A

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB84A	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 184, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd81',
    500: '#cab84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab84a;
$custom-light: #ddcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77708,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.47332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB84A

secondary

#9DA4D3

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB84A

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

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