#CAA126#CAA126

#CAA126 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.138 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA126
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 38)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 81.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 3.81, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 64.22, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.0032 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.138 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4542, 38.1888, 7.2318)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA126 #264FCA

analogous

#CA4F26 #CAA126 #A1CA26

triadic

#CAA126 #26CAA1 #A126CA

tetradic

#CAA126 #26CA4F #264FCA #CA26A1

square

#CAA126 #26CA4F #264FCA #CA26A1

split-complementary

#CAA126 #26A1CA #4F26CA

monochromatic

#634F13 #96781C #CAA126 #DEBA4F #E8CE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CAA126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#CAA126 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA126

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA126	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.138 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc6c',
    500: '#caa126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa126;
$custom-light: #dfbc6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72696,
    "c": 0.13822,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA126

secondary

#7B91D1

accent

#68EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA126

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

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