#CAA536#CAA536

#CAA536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA536
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 2.30, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 59.53, 87.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0005 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.132 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4803, 39.7356, 9.1323)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA536 #365BCA

analogous

#CA5B36 #CAA536 #A5CA36

triadic

#CAA536 #36CAA5 #A536CA

tetradic

#CAA536 #36CA5B #365BCA #CA36A5

square

#CAA536 #36CA5B #365BCA #CA36A5

split-complementary

#CAA536 #36A5CA #5B36CA

monochromatic

#6A561C #9A7E29 #CAA536 #D7BB66 #E4D097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CAA536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#CAA536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA536

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA536	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf74',
    500: '#caa536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa536;
$custom-light: #debf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73609,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA536

secondary

#8D9DCF

accent

#6DE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA536

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

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