#CAA120#CAA120

#CAA120 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.141 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA120
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 84.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 3.64, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 65.95, 86.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0022 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.141 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3651, 38.1531, 6.7625)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA120 #2049CA

analogous

#CA4C20 #CAA120 #9ECA20

triadic

#CAA120 #20CAA1 #A120CA

tetradic

#CAA120 #20CA4C #2049CA #CA209E

square

#CAA120 #20CA4C #2049CA #CA209E

split-complementary

#CAA120 #209ECA #4C20CA

monochromatic

#604D0F #957718 #CAA120 #E2BC46 #EACF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CAA120 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#CAA120 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA120

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA120	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA120	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa120;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.141 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc69',
    500: '#caa120',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa120;
$custom-light: #dfbc69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa120",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.529,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72667,
    "c": 0.14073,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA120

secondary

#748BD2

accent

#65EF38

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA120

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

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