#CABE37#CABE37

#CABE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.149 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CABE37
RGB	rgb(202, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -10.74, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 66.36, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0364 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.149 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4620, 49.6611, 10.9099)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CABE37 #3743CA

analogous

#CA7437 #CABE37 #8CCA37

triadic

#CABE37 #37CABE #BE37CA

tetradic

#CABE37 #37CA74 #3743CA #CA378C

square

#CABE37 #37CA74 #3743CA #CA378C

split-complementary

#CABE37 #378CCA #7437CA

monochromatic

#6A641C #9B9129 #CABE37 #D7CE67 #E4DD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CABE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#CABE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CABE37

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CABE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CABE37	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)

#CFB71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cabe37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.149 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded177',
    500: '#cabe37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cabe37;
$custom-light: #ded177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cabe37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78822,
    "c": 0.14903,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CABE37

secondary

#8E93CF

accent

#53E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CABE37

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

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