#CABA38#CABA38

#CABA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.145 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CABA38
RGB	rgb(202, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -8.64, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 64.69, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0304 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.145 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6317, 47.9618, 10.7526)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CABA38 #3848CA

analogous

#CA7138 #CABA38 #91CA38

triadic

#CABA38 #38CABA #BA38CA

tetradic

#CABA38 #38CA71 #3848CA #CA3891

square

#CABA38 #38CA71 #3848CA #CA3891

split-complementary

#CABA38 #3891CA #7138CA

monochromatic

#6B621D #9B8F29 #CABA38 #D7CB68 #E4DC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CABA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#CABA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CABA38

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CABA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CABA38	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)

#CBB422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.145 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dece77',
    500: '#caba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caba38;
$custom-light: #dece77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.425,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77982,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CABA38

secondary

#8E96CF

accent

#58E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CABA38

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

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