#CAA427#CAA427

#CAA427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.139 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA427
RGB	rgb(202, 164, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 80.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 2.24, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 64.52, 88.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0012 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.139 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0011, 39.2564, 7.4948)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA427 #274DCA

analogous

#CA5227 #CAA427 #9FCA27

triadic

#CAA427 #27CAA4 #A427CA

tetradic

#CAA427 #27CA52 #274DCA #CA279F

square

#CAA427 #27CA52 #274DCA #CA279F

split-complementary

#CAA427 #279FCA #5227CA

monochromatic

#635113 #977A1D #CAA427 #DDBD51 #E7D084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CAA427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#CAA427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA427

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA427	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)

#B8A204

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 164, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.139 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe6d',
    500: '#caa427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa427;
$custom-light: #dfbe6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.012,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7331,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA427

secondary

#7C90D0

accent

#66EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA427

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

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