#CA9E15#CA9E15

#CA9E15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.143 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E15
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 21)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 5.00, 67.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 68.04, 85.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0053 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.143 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7218, 37.0671, 5.9299)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E15 #1541CA

analogous

#CA4315 #CA9E15 #9BCA15

triadic

#CA9E15 #15CA9E #9E15CA

tetradic

#CA9E15 #15CA43 #1541CA #CA159B

square

#CA9E15 #15CA43 #1541CA #CA159B

split-complementary

#CA9E15 #159BCA #4315CA

monochromatic

#5B4709 #93730F #CA9E15 #EABD32 #EFCF6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CA9E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#CA9E15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E15

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E15	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.143 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba65',
    500: '#ca9e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e15;
$custom-light: #e0ba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.414,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72021,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E15

secondary

#6681D5

accent

#61F830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161106

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E15

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

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