#CAA423#CAA423

#CAA423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.141 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA423
RGB	rgb(202, 164, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 2.12, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 65.70, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0019 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.141 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9383, 39.2313, 7.1640)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA423 #2349CA

analogous

#CA5023 #CAA423 #9DCA23

triadic

#CAA423 #23CAA4 #A423CA

tetradic

#CAA423 #23CA50 #2349CA #CA239D

square

#CAA423 #23CA50 #2349CA #CA239D

split-complementary

#CAA423 #239DCA #5023CA

monochromatic

#624F11 #967A1A #CAA423 #E0BE4A #E9D17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CAA423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#CAA423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA423

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA423	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 164, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.141 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe6b',
    500: '#caa423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa423;
$custom-light: #dfbe6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.347,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7329,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA423

secondary

#788CD1

accent

#63ED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA423

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

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