#CAAB42#CAAB42

#CAAB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.127 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB42
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -0.28, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 56.24, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0055 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.127 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9054, 42.0779, 11.1732)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB42 #4261CA

analogous

#CA6742 #CAAB42 #A5CA42

triadic

#CAAB42 #42CAAB #AB42CA

tetradic

#CAAB42 #42CA67 #4261CA #CA42A5

square

#CAAB42 #42CA67 #4261CA #CA42A5

split-complementary

#CAAB42 #42A5CA #6742CA

monochromatic

#725F20 #A2872D #CAAB42 #D7C072 #E5D5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CAAB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CAAB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB42

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB42	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.127 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37c',
    500: '#caab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab42;
$custom-light: #dec37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74934,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB42

secondary

#96A4D1

accent

#6BDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB42

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

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