#CAA022#CAA022

#CAA022 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.139 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA022
RGB	rgb(202, 160, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 83.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 4.23, 65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 65.21, 86.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.004 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.139 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2191, 37.8162, 6.8520)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA022 #224CCA

analogous

#CA4C22 #CAA022 #A0CA22

triadic

#CAA022 #22CAA0 #A022CA

tetradic

#CAA022 #22CA4C #224CCA #CA22A0

square

#CAA022 #22CA4C #224CCA #CA22A0

split-complementary

#CAA022 #22A0CA #4C22CA

monochromatic

#614D10 #967719 #CAA022 #E0BA49 #E9CE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CAA022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CAA022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA022

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA022	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)

#BEAA2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 160, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.139 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb6a',
    500: '#caa022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa022;
$custom-light: #dfbb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72474,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA022

secondary

#778DD1

accent

#67EE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA022

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

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