#CAA224#CAA224

#CAA224 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	#CAA224
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 82.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 3.21, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 65.02, 87.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0013 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.14 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5982, 38.5271, 7.1249)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA224 #244CCA

analogous

#CA4F24 #CAA224 #9FCA24

triadic

#CAA224 #24CAA2 #A224CA

tetradic

#CAA224 #24CA4F #244CCA #CA249F

square

#CAA224 #24CA4F #244CCA #CA249F

split-complementary

#CAA224 #249FCA #4F24CA

monochromatic

#624F11 #96781B #CAA224 #DFBC4C #E8CF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CAA224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#CAA224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA224

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA224	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)

#BFAB2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.140 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd6b',
    500: '#caa224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa224;
$custom-light: #dfbd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.542,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72888,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA224

secondary

#798ED1

accent

#66ED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA224

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

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