#CAA227#CAA227

#CAA227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.138 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA227
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 80.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 3.31, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 64.11, 87.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0019 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.138 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6460, 38.5462, 7.3764)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA227 #274FCA

analogous

#CA5027 #CAA227 #A1CA27

triadic

#CAA227 #27CAA2 #A227CA

tetradic

#CAA227 #27CA50 #274FCA #CA27A1

square

#CAA227 #27CA50 #274FCA #CA27A1

split-complementary

#CAA227 #27A1CA #5027CA

monochromatic

#635013 #97791D #CAA227 #DDBB51 #E7CF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CAA227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#CAA227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA227

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA227	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)

#B6A005

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.138 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd6c',
    500: '#caa227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa227;
$custom-light: #dfbd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.276,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72904,
    "c": 0.13822,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA227

secondary

#7C91D0

accent

#68EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA227

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

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