#CAB935#CAB935

#CAB935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.146 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB935
RGB	rgb(202, 185, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -8.26, 64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 65.44, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0296 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.146 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3506, 47.5134, 10.3077)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB935 #3546CA

analogous

#CA6E35 #CAB935 #91CA35

triadic

#CAB935 #35CAB9 #B935CA

tetradic

#CAB935 #35CA6E #3546CA #CA3591

square

#CAB935 #35CA6E #3546CA #CA3591

split-complementary

#CAB935 #3591CA #6E35CA

monochromatic

#69601C #9A8D28 #CAB935 #D7CA65 #E3DB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CAB935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#CAB935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB935

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB935	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)

#CAB31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 185, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.146 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd76',
    500: '#cab935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab935;
$custom-light: #decd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.154,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7775,
    "c": 0.14596,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB935

secondary

#8C94CF

accent

#58E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB935

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

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