#CAAB19#CAAB19

#CAAB19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.148 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB19
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 25)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 87.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -1.86, 69.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 69.70, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0139 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.148 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0978, 41.7549, 6.9197)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB19 #1938CA

analogous

#CA5319 #CAAB19 #90CA19

triadic

#CAAB19 #19CAAB #AB19CA

tetradic

#CAAB19 #19CA53 #1938CA #CA1990

square

#CAAB19 #19CA53 #1938CA #CA1990

split-complementary

#CAAB19 #1990CA #5319CA

monochromatic

#5D4F0C #947D12 #CAAB19 #E7C83A #EDD770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CAAB19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#CAAB19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB19

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB19	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.148 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc368',
    500: '#caab19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab19;
$custom-light: #dfc368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.492,
    "s": 77.974,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74687,
    "c": 0.14846,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB19

secondary

#6B7DD4

accent

#55F433

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB19

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

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