#CAAB40#CAAB40

#CAAB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.128 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB40
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -0.39, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 57.07, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.006 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.128 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8475, 42.0548, 10.8680)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB40 #405FCA

analogous

#CA6640 #CAAB40 #A4CA40

triadic

#CAAB40 #40CAAB #AB40CA

tetradic

#CAAB40 #40CA66 #405FCA #CA40A4

square

#CAAB40 #40CA66 #405FCA #CA40A4

split-complementary

#CAAB40 #40A4CA #6640CA

monochromatic

#705E1F #A0862C #CAAB40 #D7C070 #E5D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CAAB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#CAAB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB40

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB40	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.128 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37a',
    500: '#caab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab40;
$custom-light: #dec37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.522,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74916,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB40

secondary

#95A2D1

accent

#6AE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB40

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

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