#CAB84B#CAB84B

#CAB84B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.130 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB84B
RGB	rgb(202, 184, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 62.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -6.55, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 56.43, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0224 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.13 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7694, 47.3474, 13.5414)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB84B #4B5DCA

analogous

#CA794B #CAB84B #9DCA4B

triadic

#CAB84B #4BCAB8 #B84BCA

tetradic

#CAB84B #4BCA79 #4B5DCA #CA4B9D

square

#CAB84B #4BCA79 #4B5DCA #CA4B9D

split-complementary

#CAB84B #4B9DCA #794BCA

monochromatic

#776B23 #A79631 #CAB84B #D8CB7A #E6DDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CAB84B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#CAB84B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB84B

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB84B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB84B	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)

#C8B33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab84b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 184, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.130 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd82',
    500: '#cab84b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab84b;
$custom-light: #ddcd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab84b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77718,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB84B

secondary

#9DA5D3

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB84B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →