#CAA119#CAA119

#CAA119 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.143 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA119
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 25)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 87.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 3.47, 67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 67.69, 87.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0012 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.143 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2799, 38.1191, 6.3137)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA119 #1942CA

analogous

#CA4919 #CAA119 #9BCA19

triadic

#CAA119 #19CAA1 #A119CA

tetradic

#CAA119 #19CA49 #1942CA #CA199B

square

#CAA119 #19CA49 #1942CA #CA199B

split-complementary

#CAA119 #199BCA #4919CA

monochromatic

#5D4A0C #947612 #CAA119 #E7BF3A #EDD070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CAA119 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#CAA119 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA119

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA119	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA119	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)

#BFAB24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa119;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.143 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc67',
    500: '#caa119',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa119;
$custom-light: #dfbc67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa119",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.102,
    "s": 77.974,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7264,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA119

secondary

#6B83D4

accent

#60F433

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA119

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

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