#CABD38#CABD38

#CABD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.148 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CABD38
RGB	rgb(202, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -10.19, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 65.68, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0348 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.148 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2704, 49.2390, 10.9654)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CABD38 #3845CA

analogous

#CA7438 #CABD38 #8ECA38

triadic

#CABD38 #38CABD #BD38CA

tetradic

#CABD38 #38CA74 #3845CA #CA388E

square

#CABD38 #38CA74 #3845CA #CA388E

split-complementary

#CABD38 #388ECA #7438CA

monochromatic

#6B641D #9B9129 #CABD38 #D7CD68 #E4DD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CABD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#CABD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CABD38

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CABD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CABD38	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cabd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.148 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded078',
    500: '#cabd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cabd38;
$custom-light: #ded078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cabd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.658,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78617,
    "c": 0.14756,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CABD38

secondary

#8E94CF

accent

#54E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CABD38

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

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