#CAB949#CAB949

#CAB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB949
RGB	rgb(202, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -7.20, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 57.64, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0245 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9104, 47.7373, 13.2560)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB949 #495ACA

analogous

#CA7949 #CAB949 #9BCA49

triadic

#CAB949 #49CAB9 #B949CA

tetradic

#CAB949 #49CA79 #495ACA #CA499B

square

#CAB949 #49CA79 #495ACA #CA499B

split-complementary

#CAB949 #499BCA #7949CA

monochromatic

#766B22 #A69630 #CAB949 #D8CB78 #E6DDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CAB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#CAB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB949

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB949	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd81',
    500: '#cab949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab949;
$custom-light: #ddcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77909,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB949

secondary

#9CA3D3

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB949

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

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