#CAAB45#CAAB45

#CAAB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.125 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB45
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -0.10, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 54.96, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0046 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.125 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9962, 42.1143, 11.6513)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB45 #4564CA

analogous

#CA6845 #CAAB45 #A6CA45

triadic

#CAAB45 #45CAAB #AB45CA

tetradic

#CAAB45 #45CA68 #4564CA #CA45A6

square

#CAAB45 #45CA68 #4564CA #CA45A6

split-complementary

#CAAB45 #45A6CA #6845CA

monochromatic

#746021 #A3882F #CAAB45 #D8C175 #E5D6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CAAB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CAAB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB45

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB45	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)

#BDA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.125 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37d',
    500: '#caab45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab45;
$custom-light: #dec37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74962,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB45

secondary

#99A6D2

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB45

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

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