#CAA226#CAA226

#CAA226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.139 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA226
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 38)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 81.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 3.28, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 64.42, 87.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0017 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.139 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6296, 38.5397, 7.2903)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA226 #264ECA

analogous

#CA5026 #CAA226 #A0CA26

triadic

#CAA226 #26CAA2 #A226CA

tetradic

#CAA226 #26CA50 #264ECA #CA26A0

square

#CAA226 #26CA50 #264ECA #CA26A0

split-complementary

#CAA226 #26A0CA #5026CA

monochromatic

#634F13 #96791C #CAA226 #DEBB4F #E8CF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CAA226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#CAA226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA226

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA226	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)

#B6A002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.139 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd6c',
    500: '#caa226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa226;
$custom-light: #dfbd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72899,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA226

secondary

#7B90D1

accent

#67EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA226

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

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