#CAAB35#CAAB35

#CAAB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.136 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB35
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -0.94, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 61.39, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0088 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.136 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5648, 41.9417, 9.3791)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB35 #3554CA

analogous

#CA6135 #CAAB35 #9ECA35

triadic

#CAAB35 #35CAAB #AB35CA

tetradic

#CAAB35 #35CA61 #3554CA #CA359E

square

#CAAB35 #35CA61 #3554CA #CA359E

split-complementary

#CAAB35 #359ECA #6135CA

monochromatic

#69591C #9A8228 #CAAB35 #D7BF65 #E3D396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CAAB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#CAAB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB35

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB35	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.136 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec374',
    500: '#caab35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab35;
$custom-light: #dec374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.517,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7483,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB35

secondary

#8C9ACF

accent

#67E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB35

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

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