#CAA519#CAA519

#CAA519 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.145 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA519
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 25)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 87.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 1.33, 68.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 68.44, 88.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0049 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.145 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9901, 39.5395, 6.5505)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA519 #193ECA

analogous

#CA4D19 #CAA519 #96CA19

triadic

#CAA519 #19CAA5 #A519CA

tetradic

#CAA519 #19CA4D #193ECA #CA1996

square

#CAA519 #19CA4D #193ECA #CA1996

split-complementary

#CAA519 #1996CA #4D19CA

monochromatic

#5D4C0C #947912 #CAA519 #E7C23A #EDD370

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CAA519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#CAA519 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA519

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA519	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AD25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.145 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf67',
    500: '#caa519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa519;
$custom-light: #dfbf67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.458,
    "s": 77.974,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73453,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA519

secondary

#6B81D4

accent

#5CF433

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA519

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

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