#CAB856#CAB856

#CAB856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.120 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB856
RGB	rgb(202, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -5.78, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 51.51, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0189 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.12 99)
XYZ	xyz(43.1789, 47.5112, 15.6984)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB856 #5668CA

analogous

#CA7E56 #CAB856 #A2CA56

triadic

#CAB856 #56CAB8 #B856CA

tetradic

#CAB856 #56CA7E #5668CA #CA56A2

square

#CAB856 #56CA7E #5668CA #CA56A2

split-complementary

#CAB856 #56A2CA #7E56CA

monochromatic

#7E7128 #AD9A36 #CAB856 #D9CC85 #E7DFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CAB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#CAB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB856

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB856	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)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.120 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd89',
    500: '#cab856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab856;
$custom-light: #ddcd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77834,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.47509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB856

secondary

#A6ADD6

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB856

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

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