#CABA51#CABA51

#CABA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.127 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CABA51
RGB	rgb(202, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -7.19, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 54.50, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0235 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.127 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4029, 48.2702, 14.8138)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CABA51 #5161CA

analogous

#CA7D51 #CABA51 #9DCA51

triadic

#CABA51 #51CABA #BA51CA

tetradic

#CABA51 #51CA7D #5161CA #CA519D

square

#CABA51 #51CA7D #5161CA #CA519D

split-complementary

#CABA51 #519DCA #7D51CA

monochromatic

#7B7025 #AA9A34 #CABA51 #D8CD80 #E7DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CABA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#CABA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CABA51

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CABA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CABA51	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.127 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddce86',
    500: '#caba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caba51;
$custom-light: #ddce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78198,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CABA51

secondary

#A2A9D5

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CABA51

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

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