#CAAB3B#CAAB3B

#CAAB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.132 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB3B
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -0.65, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 59.09, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0074 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.132 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7115, 42.0004, 10.1520)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB3B #3B5ACA

analogous

#CA633B #CAAB3B #A1CA3B

triadic

#CAAB3B #3BCAAB #AB3BCA

tetradic

#CAAB3B #3BCA63 #3B5ACA #CA3BA1

square

#CAAB3B #3BCA63 #3B5ACA #CA3BA1

split-complementary

#CAAB3B #3BA1CA #633BCA

monochromatic

#6D5C1E #9D842B #CAAB3B #D7C06B #E4D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CAAB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CAAB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB3B

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB3B	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	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)

#BDA82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.132 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec378',
    500: '#caab3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab3b;
$custom-light: #dec378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.993,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74875,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB3B

secondary

#919FD0

accent

#68E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB3B

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

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