#CABE42#CABE42

#CABE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.142 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CABE42
RGB	rgb(202, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -10.19, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 62.25, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0337 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.142 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7557, 49.7785, 12.4566)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CABE42 #424ECA

analogous

#CA7A42 #CABE42 #92CA42

triadic

#CABE42 #42CABE #BE42CA

tetradic

#CABE42 #42CA7A #424ECA #CA4292

square

#CABE42 #42CA7A #424ECA #CA4292

split-complementary

#CABE42 #4292CA #7A42CA

monochromatic

#726A20 #A2972D #CABE42 #D7CE72 #E5DFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CABE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#CABE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CABE42

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CABE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CABE42	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cabe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.142 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd17d',
    500: '#cabe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cabe42;
$custom-light: #ddd17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cabe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78903,
    "c": 0.14189,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CABE42

secondary

#969CD1

accent

#56DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CABE42

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

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