#CABE56#CABE56

#CABE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.126 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CABE56
RGB	rgb(202, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -8.89, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 53.73, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0278 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.126 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4518, 50.0570, 16.1227)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CABE56 #5662CA

analogous

#CA8456 #CABE56 #9CCA56

triadic

#CABE56 #56CABE #BE56CA

tetradic

#CABE56 #56CA84 #5662CA #CA569C

square

#CABE56 #56CA84 #5662CA #CA569C

split-complementary

#CABE56 #569CCA #8456CA

monochromatic

#7E7528 #ADA036 #CABE56 #D9D085 #E7E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CABE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#CABE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CABE56

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CABE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CABE56	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)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cabe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.126 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd189',
    500: '#cabe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cabe56;
$custom-light: #ddd189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cabe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79094,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CABE56

secondary

#3E4686

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CABE56

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

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