#CAAB41#CAAB41

#CAAB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.128 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB41
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -0.33, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 56.65, 90.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0057 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.128 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8762, 42.0663, 11.0192)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB41 #4160CA

analogous

#CA6641 #CAAB41 #A5CA41

triadic

#CAAB41 #41CAAB #AB41CA

tetradic

#CAAB41 #41CA66 #4160CA #CA41A5

square

#CAAB41 #41CA66 #4160CA #CA41A5

split-complementary

#CAAB41 #41A5CA #6641CA

monochromatic

#715F20 #A1872D #CAAB41 #D7C071 #E5D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CAAB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#CAAB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB41

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB41	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)

#BDA834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.128 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37b',
    500: '#caab41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab41;
$custom-light: #dec37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74925,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB41

secondary

#96A3D1

accent

#6AE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB41

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

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