#CAB950#CAB950

#CAB950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB950
RGB	rgb(202, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -6.74, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 54.59, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0223 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1557, 47.8355, 14.5478)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB950 #5061CA

analogous

#CA7C50 #CAB950 #9ECA50

triadic

#CAB950 #50CAB9 #B950CA

tetradic

#CAB950 #50CA7C #5061CA #CA509E

square

#CAB950 #50CA7C #5061CA #CA509E

split-complementary

#CAB950 #509ECA #7C50CA

monochromatic

#7A6F25 #A99933 #CAB950 #D8CC7F #E6DFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CAB950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#CAB950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB950

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB950	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd85',
    500: '#cab950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab950;
$custom-light: #ddcd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77978,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB950

secondary

#A1A9D4

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB950

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

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