#CAA123#CAA123

#CAA123 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.140 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA123
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 3.72, 65.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 65.11, 86.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0027 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.14 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4077, 38.1702, 6.9871)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA123 #234CCA

analogous

#CA4D23 #CAA123 #A0CA23

triadic

#CAA123 #23CAA1 #A123CA

tetradic

#CAA123 #23CA4D #234CCA #CA23A0

square

#CAA123 #23CA4D #234CCA #CA23A0

split-complementary

#CAA123 #23A0CA #4D23CA

monochromatic

#624E11 #96771A #CAA123 #E0BB4A #E9CF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CAA123 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#CAA123 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA123

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA123	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA123	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: #caa123;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.140 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc6b',
    500: '#caa123',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa123;
$custom-light: #dfbc6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa123",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.269,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72681,
    "c": 0.13952,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA123

secondary

#788ED1

accent

#66ED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA123

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

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