#CAB939#CAB939

#CAB939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.144 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB939
RGB	rgb(202, 185, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -8.08, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 64.00, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0287 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.144 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4465, 47.5518, 10.8127)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB939 #394ACA

analogous

#CA7139 #CAB939 #92CA39

triadic

#CAB939 #39CAB9 #B939CA

tetradic

#CAB939 #39CA71 #394ACA #CA3992

square

#CAB939 #39CA71 #394ACA #CA3992

split-complementary

#CAB939 #3992CA #7139CA

monochromatic

#6C631D #9C8F2A #CAB939 #D7CA69 #E4DB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CAB939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#CAB939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB939

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB939	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)

#CAB324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 185, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.144 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd78',
    500: '#cab939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab939;
$custom-light: #decd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77778,
    "c": 0.14354,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB939

secondary

#8F97D0

accent

#59E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB939

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

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