#CAA431#CAA431

#CAA431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.134 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA431
RGB	rgb(202, 164, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 2.61, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 61.16, 87.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0009 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.134 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1892, 39.3317, 8.4855)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA431 #3157CA

analogous

#CA5831 #CAA431 #A4CA31

triadic

#CAA431 #31CAA4 #A431CA

tetradic

#CAA431 #31CA58 #3157CA #CA31A4

square

#CAA431 #31CA58 #3157CA #CA31A4

split-complementary

#CAA431 #31A4CA #5831CA

monochromatic

#675419 #997C25 #CAA431 #D8BA60 #E4D091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CAA431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#CAA431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA431

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA431	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 164, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.134 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe71',
    500: '#caa431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa431;
$custom-light: #dfbe71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7337,
    "c": 0.13405,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA431

secondary

#8899CF

accent

#6CE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA431

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

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