#CAA115#CAA115

#CAA115 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.144 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA115
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 21)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 3.38, 68.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 68.54, 87.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.0007 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.144 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2398, 38.1030, 6.1025)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA115 #153ECA

analogous

#CA4615 #CAA115 #98CA15

triadic

#CAA115 #15CAA1 #A115CA

tetradic

#CAA115 #15CA46 #153ECA #CA1598

square

#CAA115 #15CA46 #153ECA #CA1598

split-complementary

#CAA115 #1598CA #4615CA

monochromatic

#5B4909 #93750F #CAA115 #EAC032 #EFD16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CAA115 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#CAA115 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA115

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA115	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA115	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa115;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.144 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc66',
    500: '#caa115',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa115;
$custom-light: #dfbc66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa115",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.409,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72627,
    "c": 0.14434,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA115

secondary

#667FD5

accent

#5DF830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA115

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

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