#CAA426#CAA426

#CAA426 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.140 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA426
RGB	rgb(202, 164, 38)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 81.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 2.21, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 64.82, 88.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0014 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.14 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9848, 39.2499, 7.4087)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA426 #264CCA

analogous

#CA5226 #CAA426 #9ECA26

triadic

#CAA426 #26CAA4 #A426CA

tetradic

#CAA426 #26CA52 #264CCA #CA269E

square

#CAA426 #26CA52 #264CCA #CA269E

split-complementary

#CAA426 #269ECA #5226CA

monochromatic

#635013 #967A1C #CAA426 #DEBD4F #E8D083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CAA426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#CAA426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA426

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA426	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)

#B8A201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 164, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.140 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe6c',
    500: '#caa426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa426;
$custom-light: #dfbe6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.098,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73305,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA426

secondary

#7B8FD1

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA426

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

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