#CABB51#CABB51

#CABB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CABB51
RGB	rgb(202, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -7.71, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 54.86, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.025 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6143, 48.6930, 14.8843)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CABB51 #5160CA

analogous

#CA7E51 #CABB51 #9CCA51

triadic

#CABB51 #51CABB #BB51CA

tetradic

#CABB51 #51CA7E #5160CA #CA519C

square

#CABB51 #51CA7E #5160CA #CA519C

split-complementary

#CABB51 #519CCA #7E51CA

monochromatic

#7B7025 #AA9B34 #CABB51 #D8CD80 #E7E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CABB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#CABB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CABB51

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CABB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CABB51	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cabb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf86',
    500: '#cabb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cabb51;
$custom-light: #ddcf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cabb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78408,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CABB51

secondary

#A2A8D5

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CABB51

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

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