#CABC51#CABC51

#CABC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.128 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CABC51
RGB	rgb(202, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -8.22, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 55.23, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0265 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.128 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8272, 49.1188, 14.9553)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CABC51 #515FCA

analogous

#CA7F51 #CABC51 #9BCA51

triadic

#CABC51 #51CABC #BC51CA

tetradic

#CABC51 #51CA7F #515FCA #CA519B

square

#CABC51 #51CA7F #515FCA #CA519B

split-complementary

#CABC51 #519BCA #7F51CA

monochromatic

#7B7125 #AA9C34 #CABC51 #D8CE80 #E7E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CABC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#CABC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CABC51

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CABC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CABC51	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cabc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.128 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf86',
    500: '#cabc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cabc51;
$custom-light: #ddcf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cabc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78619,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CABC51

secondary

#A2A8D5

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CABC51

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

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