#CAA525#CAA525

#CAA525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.141 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA525
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 37)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 81.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 1.64, 65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 65.33, 88.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0031 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.141 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1485, 39.6029, 7.3847)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA525 #254ACA

analogous

#CA5225 #CAA525 #9DCA25

triadic

#CAA525 #25CAA5 #A525CA

tetradic

#CAA525 #25CA52 #254ACA #CA259D

square

#CAA525 #25CA52 #254ACA #CA259D

split-complementary

#CAA525 #259DCA #5225CA

monochromatic

#635012 #967B1C #CAA525 #DFBE4E #E8D181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CAA525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#CAA525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA525

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA525	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)

#B8A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AD2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.141 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf6c',
    500: '#caa525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa525;
$custom-light: #dfbf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.545,
    "s": 69.038,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73504,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA525

secondary

#7A8ED1

accent

#63EC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA525

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

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