#CABE38#CABE38

#CABE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.148 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CABE38
RGB	rgb(202, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -10.70, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 66.01, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0362 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.148 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4862, 49.6707, 11.0374)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CABE38 #3844CA

analogous

#CA7538 #CABE38 #8DCA38

triadic

#CABE38 #38CABE #BE38CA

tetradic

#CABE38 #38CA75 #3844CA #CA388D

square

#CABE38 #38CA75 #3844CA #CA388D

split-complementary

#CABE38 #388DCA #7538CA

monochromatic

#6B651D #9B9229 #CABE38 #D7CE68 #E4DE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CABE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#CABE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CABE38

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CABE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CABE38	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)

#CFB820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cabe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.148 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded178',
    500: '#cabe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cabe38;
$custom-light: #ded178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cabe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.068,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78829,
    "c": 0.14843,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CABE38

secondary

#8E94CF

accent

#53E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CABE38

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

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