#CAA225#CAA225

#CAA225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.139 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA225
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 81.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 3.25, 64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 64.72, 87.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0015 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.139 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6137, 38.5333, 7.2065)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA225 #254DCA

analogous

#CA5025 #CAA225 #9FCA25

triadic

#CAA225 #25CAA2 #A225CA

tetradic

#CAA225 #25CA50 #254DCA #CA259F

square

#CAA225 #25CA50 #254DCA #CA259F

split-complementary

#CAA225 #259FCA #5025CA

monochromatic

#634F12 #96791C #CAA225 #DFBB4E #E8CF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CAA225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#CAA225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA225

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA225	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.139 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd6c',
    500: '#caa225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa225;
$custom-light: #dfbd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 69.038,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72893,
    "c": 0.13912,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA225

secondary

#7A8FD1

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA225

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

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