#CAB855#CAB855

#CAB855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB855
RGB	rgb(202, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -5.86, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 51.97, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0192 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1389, 47.4952, 15.4877)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB855 #5567CA

analogous

#CA7E55 #CAB855 #A2CA55

triadic

#CAB855 #55CAB8 #B855CA

tetradic

#CAB855 #55CA7E #5567CA #CA55A2

square

#CAB855 #55CA7E #5567CA #CA55A2

split-complementary

#CAB855 #55A2CA #7E55CA

monochromatic

#7D7027 #AC9A36 #CAB855 #D9CB84 #E7DFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CAB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#CAB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB855

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB855	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd88',
    500: '#cab855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab855;
$custom-light: #ddcd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77822,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB855

secondary

#A5ADD5

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB855

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

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