#CAA122#CAA122

#CAA122 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.140 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA122
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 83.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, 3.69, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 65.40, 86.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0025 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.14 89)
XYZ	xyz(37.3931, 38.1644, 6.9100)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA122 #224BCA

analogous

#CA4D22 #CAA122 #9FCA22

triadic

#CAA122 #22CAA1 #A122CA

tetradic

#CAA122 #22CA4D #224BCA #CA229F

square

#CAA122 #22CA4D #224BCA #CA229F

split-complementary

#CAA122 #229FCA #4D22CA

monochromatic

#614D10 #967719 #CAA122 #E0BB49 #E9CF7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CAA122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#CAA122 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA122

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA122	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)

#BFAB2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.140 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc6a',
    500: '#caa122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa122;
$custom-light: #dfbc6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.357,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72676,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.38162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA122

secondary

#778DD1

accent

#66EE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA122

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

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