#CABE57#CABE57

#CABE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.125 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CABE57
RGB	rgb(202, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -8.82, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 53.28, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0275 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.125 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4924, 50.0732, 16.3364)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CABE57 #5763CA

analogous

#CA8557 #CABE57 #9DCA57

triadic

#CABE57 #57CABE #BE57CA

tetradic

#CABE57 #57CA85 #5763CA #CA579D

square

#CABE57 #57CA85 #5763CA #CA579D

split-complementary

#CABE57 #579DCA #8557CA

monochromatic

#7F7628 #ADA137 #CABE57 #D9D086 #E7E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CABE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#CABE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CABE57

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CABE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CABE57	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)

#CDB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cabe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.125 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd18a',
    500: '#cabe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cabe57;
$custom-light: #ddd18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cabe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79105,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CABE57

secondary

#3F4687

accent

#5BDB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CABE57

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

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