#cab559

Color #cab559

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 10.75 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#cab559

RGB

rgb(202, 181, 89)

HSL

hsl(48.8, 51.6%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48.8, 55.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 55.9%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(73.76, -3.99, 48.9)

LCH

lch(73.76, 49.06, 94.66)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.1151, 96.69)

HWB

hwb(48.8, 34.9%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#596eca

Analogous

#ca7d59

#cab559

#a7ca59

Triadic

#cab559

#59cab5

#b559ca

Split-complementary

#cab559

#59a7ca

#7d59ca

Tetradic

#cab559

#6eca59

#596eca

#b559ca

Square

#cab559

#59ca7d

#596eca

#ca59a7

Shades

Color #cab559 mixed toward black.

#b8a13b

#93802f

#6e6023

#4a4017

#25200c

Tints

Color #cab559 mixed toward white.

#d3c175

#dcce90

#e5daac

#ede6c8

#f6f3e3

Tones

Color #cab559 mixed toward gray.

#c1af63

#b7a96c

#aea375

#a49d7f

#9b9888

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c178 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#c2c47e · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#c98b8e · ΔE 34.6

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cab559;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cab559]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Goldenrod #daa520

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Frequently asked questions

#cab559 (#cab559) is rgb(202, 181, 89) in RGB.

No, #cab559 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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