#CAA020#CAA020

#CAA020 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.140 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA020
RGB	rgb(202, 160, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 84.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 4.17, 65.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 65.77, 86.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0037 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.14 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1910, 37.8050, 6.7045)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA020 #204ACA

analogous

#CA4B20 #CAA020 #9FCA20

triadic

#CAA020 #20CAA0 #A020CA

tetradic

#CAA020 #20CA4B #204ACA #CA209F

square

#CAA020 #20CA4B #204ACA #CA209F

split-complementary

#CAA020 #209FCA #4B20CA

monochromatic

#604C0F #957618 #CAA020 #E2BB46 #EACE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CAA020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CAA020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA020

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA020	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 160, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.140 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb69',
    500: '#caa020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa020;
$custom-light: #dfbb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.176,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72465,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA020

secondary

#748BD2

accent

#66EF38

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA020

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

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