#CAB850#CAB850

#CAB850 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB850
RGB	rgb(202, 184, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -6.22, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 54.24, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0209 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9473, 47.4185, 14.4783)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB850 #5062CA

analogous

#CA7B50 #CAB850 #9FCA50

triadic

#CAB850 #50CAB8 #B850CA

tetradic

#CAB850 #50CA7B #5062CA #CA509F

square

#CAB850 #50CA7B #5062CA #CA509F

split-complementary

#CAB850 #509FCA #7B50CA

monochromatic

#7A6E25 #A99833 #CAB850 #D8CB7F #E6DEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CAB850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#CAB850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB850

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB850	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 184, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd85',
    500: '#cab850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab850;
$custom-light: #ddcd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77768,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB850

secondary

#A1A9D4

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB850

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

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