#CAAB4E#CAAB4E

#CAAB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.117 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB4E
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, 0.48, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 50.98, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0018 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.118 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2971, 42.2346, 13.2358)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB4E #4E6DCA

analogous

#CA6D4E #CAAB4E #ABCA4E

triadic

#CAAB4E #4ECAAB #AB4ECA

tetradic

#CAAB4E #4ECA6D #4E6DCA #CA4EAB

square

#CAAB4E #4ECA6D #4E6DCA #CA4EAB

split-complementary

#CAAB4E #4EABCA #6D4ECA

monochromatic

#796424 #A88B32 #CAAB4E #D8C17D #E6D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CAAB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#CAAB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB4E

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB4E	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.117 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc383',
    500: '#caab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab4e;
$custom-light: #ddc383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75054,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB4E

secondary

#A0ADD4

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB4E

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

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