#CA9D15#CA9D15

#CA9D15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.143 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D15
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 21)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 5.53, 67.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 67.89, 85.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0068 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.143 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5519, 36.7273, 5.8733)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D15 #1542CA

analogous

#CA4215 #CA9D15 #9CCA15

triadic

#CA9D15 #15CA9D #9D15CA

tetradic

#CA9D15 #15CA42 #1542CA #CA159C

square

#CA9D15 #15CA42 #1542CA #CA159C

split-complementary

#CA9D15 #159CCA #4215CA

monochromatic

#5B4709 #93720F #CA9D15 #EABC32 #EFCE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CA9D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#CA9D15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D15

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D15	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.143 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b965',
    500: '#ca9d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d15;
$custom-light: #e0b965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.083,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7182,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D15

secondary

#6682D5

accent

#62F830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161106

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D15

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

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