#CAAB31#CAAB31

#CAAB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.138 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB31
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -1.11, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 62.83, 91.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0098 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.138 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4766, 41.9064, 8.9146)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB31 #3150CA

analogous

#CA5F31 #CAAB31 #9DCA31

triadic

#CAAB31 #31CAAB #AB31CA

tetradic

#CAAB31 #31CA5F #3150CA #CA319D

square

#CAAB31 #31CA5F #3150CA #CA319D

split-complementary

#CAAB31 #319DCA #5F31CA

monochromatic

#675819 #998125 #CAAB31 #D8C060 #E4D391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CAAB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#CAAB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB31

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB31	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA81A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.138 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec372',
    500: '#caab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab31;
$custom-light: #dec372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.843,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74803,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB31

secondary

#8896CF

accent

#64E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB31

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

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