#CAA015#CAA015

#CAA015 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.144 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA015
RGB	rgb(202, 160, 21)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 3.92, 68.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 68.37, 86.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.0022 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.144 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0657, 37.7549, 6.0445)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA015 #153FCA

analogous

#CA4515 #CAA015 #99CA15

triadic

#CAA015 #15CAA0 #A015CA

tetradic

#CAA015 #15CA45 #153FCA #CA1599

square

#CAA015 #15CA45 #153FCA #CA1599

split-complementary

#CAA015 #1599CA #4515CA

monochromatic

#5B4809 #93740F #CAA015 #EABF32 #EFD06A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CAA015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#CAA015 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA015

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA015	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 160, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.144 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb65',
    500: '#caa015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa015;
$custom-light: #e0bb65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.077,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72424,
    "c": 0.1439,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA015

secondary

#6680D5

accent

#5EF830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA015

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

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