#CAAB39#CAAB39

#CAAB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.133 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB39
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -0.75, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 59.87, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0079 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.133 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6607, 41.9800, 9.8841)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB39 #3958CA

analogous

#CA6239 #CAAB39 #A1CA39

triadic

#CAAB39 #39CAAB #AB39CA

tetradic

#CAAB39 #39CA62 #3958CA #CA39A1

square

#CAAB39 #39CA62 #3958CA #CA39A1

split-complementary

#CAAB39 #39A1CA #6239CA

monochromatic

#6C5B1D #9C842A #CAAB39 #D7BF69 #E4D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CAAB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CAAB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB39

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB39	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.133 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec376',
    500: '#caab39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab39;
$custom-light: #dec376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74859,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB39

secondary

#8F9DD0

accent

#68E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB39

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

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