#cab459

Color #cab459

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 10.73 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#cab459

RGB

rgb(202, 180, 89)

HSL

hsl(48.3, 51.6%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48.3, 55.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55.9%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(73.5, -3.46, 48.6)

LCH

lch(73.5, 48.72, 94.07)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.1143, 95.97)

HWB

hwb(48.3, 34.9%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#596fca

Analogous

#ca7c59

#cab459

#a8ca59

Triadic

#cab459

#59cab4

#b459ca

Split-complementary

#cab459

#59a8ca

#7c59ca

Tetradic

#cab459

#6fca59

#596fca

#b459ca

Square

#cab459

#59ca7c

#596fca

#ca59a8

Shades

Color #cab459 mixed toward black.

#b8a03b

#93802f

#6e6023

#4a4017

#25200c

Tints

Color #cab459 mixed toward white.

#d3c175

#dccd90

#e5daac

#ede6c8

#f6f3e3

Tones

Color #cab459 mixed toward gray.

#c1ae63

#b7a96c

#aea375

#a49d7f

#9b9788

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c178 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#c2c47d · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#c98a8e · ΔE 34.8

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cab459;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cab459]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#cab459 (#cab459) is rgb(202, 180, 89) in RGB.

No, #cab459 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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