#CAA535#CAA535

#CAA535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA535
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 2.25, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 59.91, 87.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0003 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.132 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4571, 39.7263, 9.0098)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA535 #355ACA

analogous

#CA5B35 #CAA535 #A4CA35

triadic

#CAA535 #35CAA5 #A535CA

tetradic

#CAA535 #35CA5B #355ACA #CA35A4

square

#CAA535 #35CA5B #355ACA #CA35A4

split-complementary

#CAA535 #35A4CA #5B35CA

monochromatic

#69561C #9A7D28 #CAA535 #D7BB65 #E3D096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CAA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#CAA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA535

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA535	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)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf74',
    500: '#caa535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa535;
$custom-light: #debf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73601,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA535

secondary

#8C9DCF

accent

#6DE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA535

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

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