#CAA531#CAA531

#CAA531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.135 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA531
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 2.08, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 61.39, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0006 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.135 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3689, 39.6910, 8.5454)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA531 #3156CA

analogous

#CA5931 #CAA531 #A3CA31

triadic

#CAA531 #31CAA5 #A531CA

tetradic

#CAA531 #31CA59 #3156CA #CA31A3

square

#CAA531 #31CA59 #3156CA #CA31A3

split-complementary

#CAA531 #31A3CA #5931CA

monochromatic

#675519 #997D25 #CAA531 #D8BB60 #E4D091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CAA531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#CAA531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA531

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA531	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.135 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf72',
    500: '#caa531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa531;
$custom-light: #dfbf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73573,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA531

secondary

#8899CF

accent

#6BE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA531

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

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