#CAAB38#CAAB38

#CAAB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.134 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB38
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -0.80, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 60.26, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0081 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.134 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6360, 41.9702, 9.7540)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB38 #3857CA

analogous

#CA6238 #CAAB38 #A0CA38

triadic

#CAAB38 #38CAAB #AB38CA

tetradic

#CAAB38 #38CA62 #3857CA #CA38A0

square

#CAAB38 #38CA62 #3857CA #CA38A0

split-complementary

#CAAB38 #38A0CA #6238CA

monochromatic

#6B5A1D #9B8329 #CAAB38 #D7BF68 #E4D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CAAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#CAAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB38

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB38	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)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.134 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec376',
    500: '#caab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab38;
$custom-light: #dec376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.26,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74852,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB38

secondary

#8E9CCF

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB38

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

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