#CAA533#CAA533

#CAA533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.133 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA533
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 74.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 2.16, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 60.66, 87.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0002 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.133 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4120, 39.7083, 8.7726)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA533 #3358CA

analogous

#CA5A33 #CAA533 #A4CA33

triadic

#CAA533 #33CAA5 #A533CA

tetradic

#CAA533 #33CA5A #3358CA #CA33A4

square

#CAA533 #33CA5A #3358CA #CA33A4

split-complementary

#CAA533 #33A4CA #5A33CA

monochromatic

#68551A #997D27 #CAA533 #D8BB63 #E4D094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CAA533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#CAA533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA533

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA533	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)

#B8A320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.133 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf73',
    500: '#caa533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa533;
$custom-light: #debf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.298,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73587,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA533

secondary

#8A9BCF

accent

#6CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA533

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

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