#CAB938#CAB938

#CAB938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.144 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB938
RGB	rgb(202, 185, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -8.13, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 64.37, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.029 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.144 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4218, 47.5419, 10.6826)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB938 #3849CA

analogous

#CA7038 #CAB938 #92CA38

triadic

#CAB938 #38CAB9 #B938CA

tetradic

#CAB938 #38CA70 #3849CA #CA3892

square

#CAB938 #38CA70 #3849CA #CA3892

split-complementary

#CAB938 #3892CA #7038CA

monochromatic

#6B621D #9B8E29 #CAB938 #D7CA68 #E4DB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CAB938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#CAB938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB938

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB938	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 185, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.144 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd77',
    500: '#cab938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab938;
$custom-light: #decd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.014,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77771,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB938

secondary

#8E96CF

accent

#59E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB938

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →