#CAB985#CAB985

#CAB985 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.071 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB985
RGB	rgb(202, 185, 133)
HSL	hsl(45, 39%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 34%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 34.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -1.66, 28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 28.67, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0026 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.071 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9404, 48.9493, 29.2139)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB985 #8596CA

analogous

#CA9685 #CAB985 #B9CA85

triadic

#CAB985 #85CAB9 #B985CA

tetradic

#CAB985 #85CA96 #8596CA #CA85B9

square

#CAB985 #85CA96 #8596CA #CA85B9

split-complementary

#CAB985 #85B9CA #9685CA

monochromatic

#948040 #B7A15A #CAB985 #DDD1B0 #EFEADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CAB985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#CAB985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB985

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB985	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BC87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 185, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.071 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcda9',
    500: '#cab985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab985;
$custom-light: #dbcda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 39.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78757,
    "c": 0.07144,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB985

secondary

#CAD0E1

accent

#52B233

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FBF9F4

border

#D4D2CE

text

#151310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB985

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

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