#CAAB46#CAAB46

#CAAB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.124 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB46
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -0.04, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 54.53, 90.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0043 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.124 92)
XYZ	xyz(40.0275, 42.1268, 11.8161)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB46 #4665CA

analogous

#CA6946 #CAAB46 #A7CA46

triadic

#CAAB46 #46CAAB #AB46CA

tetradic

#CAAB46 #46CA69 #4665CA #CA46A7

square

#CAAB46 #46CA69 #4665CA #CA46A7

split-complementary

#CAAB46 #46A7CA #6946CA

monochromatic

#746121 #A4882F #CAAB46 #D8C176 #E5D6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CAAB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CAAB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB46

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB46	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)

#BDA83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.124 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37e',
    500: '#caab46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab46;
$custom-light: #dec37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74971,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.42125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB46

secondary

#9AA7D2

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB46

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

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