#CAA223#CAA223

#CAA223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.140 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA223
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 3.19, 65.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 65.31, 87.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0012 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.14 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5832, 38.5211, 7.0456)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA223 #234BCA

analogous

#CA4F23 #CAA223 #9FCA23

triadic

#CAA223 #23CAA2 #A223CA

tetradic

#CAA223 #23CA4F #234BCA #CA239F

square

#CAA223 #23CA4F #234BCA #CA239F

split-complementary

#CAA223 #239FCA #4F23CA

monochromatic

#624E11 #96781A #CAA223 #E0BC4A #E9CF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CAA223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#CAA223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA223

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA223	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AB2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.140 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd6b',
    500: '#caa223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa223;
$custom-light: #dfbd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.629,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72884,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA223

secondary

#788DD1

accent

#65ED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA223

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

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