#CAA315#CAA315

#CAA315 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.145 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA315
RGB	rgb(202, 163, 21)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 2.31, 68.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 68.89, 88.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0023 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.145 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5921, 38.8076, 6.2200)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA315 #153CCA

analogous

#CA4815 #CAA315 #96CA15

triadic

#CAA315 #15CAA3 #A315CA

tetradic

#CAA315 #15CA48 #153CCA #CA1596

square

#CAA315 #15CA48 #153CCA #CA1596

split-complementary

#CAA315 #1596CA #4815CA

monochromatic

#5B4A09 #93760F #CAA315 #EAC232 #EFD36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CAA315 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#CAA315 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA315

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA315	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA315	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AC22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa315;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 163, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.145 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd66',
    500: '#caa315',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa315;
$custom-light: #dfbd66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa315",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.072,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73033,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA315

secondary

#667ED5

accent

#5BF830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA315

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

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