#CAA527#CAA527

#CAA527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.140 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA527
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 80.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 1.71, 64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 64.73, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0027 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.14 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1808, 39.6158, 7.5547)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA527 #274CCA

analogous

#CA5327 #CAA527 #9ECA27

triadic

#CAA527 #27CAA5 #A527CA

tetradic

#CAA527 #27CA53 #274CCA #CA279E

square

#CAA527 #27CA53 #274CCA #CA279E

split-complementary

#CAA527 #279ECA #5327CA

monochromatic

#635113 #977B1D #CAA527 #DDBD51 #E7D184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CAA527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#CAA527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA527

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA527	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)

#B8A303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.140 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf6d',
    500: '#caa527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa527;
$custom-light: #dfbf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.38,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73514,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA527

secondary

#7C8FD0

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA527

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

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