#CABE55#CABE55

#CABE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.127 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CABE55
RGB	rgb(202, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -8.97, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 54.18, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0281 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.127 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4118, 50.0410, 15.9120)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CABE55 #5561CA

analogous

#CA8455 #CABE55 #9CCA55

triadic

#CABE55 #55CABE #BE55CA

tetradic

#CABE55 #55CA84 #5561CA #CA559C

square

#CABE55 #55CA84 #5561CA #CA559C

split-complementary

#CABE55 #559CCA #8455CA

monochromatic

#7D7527 #ACA036 #CABE55 #D9D084 #E7E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CABE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#CABE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CABE55

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CABE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CABE55	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cabe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.127 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd188',
    500: '#cabe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cabe55;
$custom-light: #ddd188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cabe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79083,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CABE55

secondary

#3E4585

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CABE55

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

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