#CAB942#CAB942

#CAB942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB942
RGB	rgb(202, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -7.62, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 60.53, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0264 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6913, 47.6497, 12.1018)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB942 #4253CA

analogous

#CA7542 #CAB942 #97CA42

triadic

#CAB942 #42CAB9 #B942CA

tetradic

#CAB942 #42CA75 #4253CA #CA4297

square

#CAB942 #42CA75 #4253CA #CA4297

split-complementary

#CAB942 #4297CA #7542CA

monochromatic

#726720 #A2932D #CAB942 #D7CB72 #E5DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CAB942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#CAB942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB942

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB942	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd7d',
    500: '#cab942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab942;
$custom-light: #decd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77847,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB942

secondary

#969ED1

accent

#5BDF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB942

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

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