#CAB956#CAB956

#CAB956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.121 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB956
RGB	rgb(202, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -6.31, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 51.87, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0204 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.121 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3874, 47.9281, 15.7679)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB956 #5667CA

analogous

#CA7F56 #CAB956 #A1CA56

triadic

#CAB956 #56CAB9 #B956CA

tetradic

#CAB956 #56CA7F #5667CA #CA56A1

square

#CAB956 #56CA7F #5667CA #CA56A1

split-complementary

#CAB956 #56A1CA #7F56CA

monochromatic

#7E7128 #AD9B36 #CAB956 #D9CC85 #E7E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CAB956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#CAB956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB956

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB956	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.121 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd89',
    500: '#cab956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab956;
$custom-light: #ddcd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78043,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB956

secondary

#A6ADD6

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB956

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

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