#CAAB49#CAAB49

#CAAB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.122 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB49
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 0.15, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 53.22, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0034 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.122 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1246, 42.1656, 12.3274)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB49 #4968CA

analogous

#CA6B49 #CAAB49 #A9CA49

triadic

#CAAB49 #49CAAB #AB49CA

tetradic

#CAAB49 #49CA6B #4968CA #CA49A9

square

#CAAB49 #49CA6B #4968CA #CA49A9

split-complementary

#CAAB49 #49A9CA #6B49CA

monochromatic

#766222 #A68930 #CAAB49 #D8C178 #E6D7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CAAB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#CAAB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB49

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB49	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)

#BCA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.122 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc380',
    500: '#caab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab49;
$custom-light: #ddc380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75001,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB49

secondary

#9CA9D3

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB49

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

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