#CAB960#CAB960

#CAB960 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.112 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB960
RGB	rgb(202, 185, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 52.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -5.50, 46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 47.18, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.017 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.112 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8188, 48.1007, 18.0403)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB960 #6071CA

analogous

#CA8460 #CAB960 #A6CA60

triadic

#CAB960 #60CAB9 #B960CA

tetradic

#CAB960 #60CA84 #6071CA #CA60A6

square

#CAB960 #60CA84 #6071CA #CA60A6

split-complementary

#CAB960 #60A6CA #8460CA

monochromatic

#84762C #B29F3B #CAB960 #D9CD8E #E9E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CAB960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#CAB960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB960

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB960	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 185, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.112 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd8f',
    500: '#cab960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab960;
$custom-light: #dccd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.377,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78164,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB960

secondary

#AEB5D8

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB960

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

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