#CAAB48#CAAB48

#CAAB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.122 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB48
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 0.08, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 53.66, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0037 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.122 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0917, 42.1525, 12.1542)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB48 #4867CA

analogous

#CA6A48 #CAAB48 #A8CA48

triadic

#CAAB48 #48CAAB #AB48CA

tetradic

#CAAB48 #48CA6A #4867CA #CA48A8

square

#CAAB48 #48CA6A #4867CA #CA48A8

split-complementary

#CAAB48 #48A8CA #6A48CA

monochromatic

#766222 #A58930 #CAAB48 #D8C177 #E5D7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CAAB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#CAAB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB48

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB48	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.122 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc37f',
    500: '#caab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab48;
$custom-light: #ddc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.692,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74991,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB48

secondary

#9BA8D3

accent

#6DDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB48

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

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