#CAAB36#CAAB36

#CAAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.135 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB36
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -0.89, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 61.02, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0086 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.135 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5880, 41.9510, 9.5015)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB36 #3655CA

analogous

#CA6136 #CAAB36 #9FCA36

triadic

#CAAB36 #36CAAB #AB36CA

tetradic

#CAAB36 #36CA61 #3655CA #CA369F

square

#CAAB36 #36CA61 #3655CA #CA369F

split-complementary

#CAAB36 #369FCA #6136CA

monochromatic

#6A591C #9A8229 #CAAB36 #D7BF66 #E4D397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CAAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#CAAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB36

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB36	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)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.135 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec375',
    500: '#caab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab36;
$custom-light: #dec375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.432,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74837,
    "c": 0.1351,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB36

secondary

#8D9BCF

accent

#67E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB36

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

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