#CAA523#CAA523

#CAA523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.141 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA523
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 1.58, 65.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 65.91, 88.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0034 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.141 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1180, 39.5906, 7.2239)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA523 #2348CA

analogous

#CA5223 #CAA523 #9CCA23

triadic

#CAA523 #23CAA5 #A523CA

tetradic

#CAA523 #23CA52 #2348CA #CA239C

square

#CAA523 #23CA52 #2348CA #CA239C

split-complementary

#CAA523 #239CCA #5223CA

monochromatic

#625011 #967A1A #CAA523 #E0BF4A #E9D17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CAA523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#CAA523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA523

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA523	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AD2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.141 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf6b',
    500: '#caa523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa523;
$custom-light: #dfbf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.707,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73494,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA523

secondary

#788CD1

accent

#62ED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA523

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

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