#CABD59#CABD59

#CABD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.122 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CABD59
RGB	rgb(202, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -8.15, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 51.98, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0253 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.122 102)
XYZ	xyz(44.3594, 49.6746, 16.7008)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CABD59 #5966CA

analogous

#CA8459 #CABD59 #9FCA59

triadic

#CABD59 #59CABD #BD59CA

tetradic

#CABD59 #59CA84 #5966CA #CA599F

square

#CABD59 #59CA84 #5966CA #CA599F

split-complementary

#CABD59 #599FCA #8459CA

monochromatic

#807629 #AEA138 #CABD59 #D9CF87 #E8E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CABD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#CABD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CABD59

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CABD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CABD59	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cabd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.122 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd08b',
    500: '#cabd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cabd59;
$custom-light: #ddd08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cabd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.097,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78917,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.49673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CABD59

secondary

#A8AED6

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CABD59

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

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