#CAA526#CAA526

#CAA526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.140 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA526
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 38)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 81.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 1.67, 65.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 65.03, 88.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0029 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.14 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1644, 39.6092, 7.4686)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA526 #264BCA

analogous

#CA5326 #CAA526 #9DCA26

triadic

#CAA526 #26CAA5 #A526CA

tetradic

#CAA526 #26CA53 #264BCA #CA269D

square

#CAA526 #26CA53 #264BCA #CA269D

split-complementary

#CAA526 #269DCA #5326CA

monochromatic

#635113 #967B1C #CAA526 #DEBE4F #E8D183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CAA526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#CAA526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA526

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA526	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)

#C1AD2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.140 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf6c',
    500: '#caa526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa526;
$custom-light: #dfbf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.463,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73509,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA526

secondary

#7B8FD1

accent

#64EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA526

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

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