#CABE59#CABE59

#CABE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.123 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CABE59
RGB	rgb(202, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -8.66, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 52.36, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0268 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.123 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5752, 50.1063, 16.7727)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CABE59 #5965CA

analogous

#CA8559 #CABE59 #9ECA59

triadic

#CABE59 #59CABE #BE59CA

tetradic

#CABE59 #59CA85 #5965CA #CA599E

square

#CABE59 #59CA85 #5965CA #CA599E

split-complementary

#CABE59 #599ECA #8559CA

monochromatic

#807729 #AEA238 #CABE59 #D9D087 #E8E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CABE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#CABE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CABE59

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CABE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CABE59	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cabe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.123 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd18b',
    500: '#cabe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cabe59;
$custom-light: #ddd18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cabe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.628,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79128,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CABE59

secondary

#404788

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CABE59

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

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