#CAA534#CAA534

#CAA534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.133 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA534
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 74.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 2.21, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 60.29, 87.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.133 90)
XYZ	xyz(38.4343, 39.7172, 8.8900)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA534 #3459CA

analogous

#CA5A34 #CAA534 #A4CA34

triadic

#CAA534 #34CAA5 #A534CA

tetradic

#CAA534 #34CA5A #3459CA #CA34A4

square

#CAA534 #34CA5A #3459CA #CA34A4

split-complementary

#CAA534 #34A4CA #5A34CA

monochromatic

#69551B #997D27 #CAA534 #D7BB64 #E4D095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CAA534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#CAA534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA534

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA534	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)

#B8A322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.133 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf73',
    500: '#caa534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa534;
$custom-light: #debf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73594,
    "c": 0.13282,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.39715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA534

secondary

#8B9CCF

accent

#6CE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA534

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

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