#CAB962#CAB962

#CAB962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.110 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB962
RGB	rgb(202, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 51.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -5.33, 45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 46.22, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0162 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.11 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9121, 48.1380, 18.5314)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB962 #6273CA

analogous

#CA8562 #CAB962 #A7CA62

triadic

#CAB962 #62CAB9 #B962CA

tetradic

#CAB962 #62CA85 #6273CA #CA62A7

square

#CAB962 #62CA85 #6273CA #CA62A7

split-complementary

#CAB962 #62A7CA #8562CA

monochromatic

#85762D #B39F3C #CAB962 #D9CD90 #E9E2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CAB962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#CAB962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB962

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB962	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.110 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd91',
    500: '#cab962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab962;
$custom-light: #dccd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.192,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78191,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB962

secondary

#AFB6D8

accent

#65D94F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F1

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB962

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

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