#CAB970#CAB970

#CAB970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.095 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB970
RGB	rgb(202, 185, 112)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 44.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -4.01, 39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 39.33, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.011 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.095 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6319, 48.4259, 22.3222)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB970 #7081CA

analogous

#CA8C70 #CAB970 #AECA70

triadic

#CAB970 #70CAB9 #B970CA

tetradic

#CAB970 #70CA8C #7081CA #CA70AE

square

#CAB970 #70CA8C #7081CA #CA70AE

split-complementary

#CAB970 #70AECA #8C70CA

monochromatic

#8C7B34 #B8A344 #CAB970 #DBCF9D #EBE5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CAB970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#CAB970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB970

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB970	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 185, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.095 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd9a',
    500: '#cab970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab970;
$custom-light: #dccd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.667,
    "s": 45.918,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78392,
    "c": 0.09534,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB970

secondary

#BAC0DC

accent

#47B92C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB970

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

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