#CAA615#CAA615

#CAA615 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.147 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA615
RGB	rgb(202, 166, 21)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 0.71, 69.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 69.46, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0068 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.147 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1311, 39.8856, 6.3996)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA615 #1539CA

analogous

#CA4B15 #CAA615 #93CA15

triadic

#CAA615 #15CAA6 #A615CA

tetradic

#CAA615 #15CA4B #1539CA #CA1593

square

#CAA615 #15CA4B #1539CA #CA1593

split-complementary

#CAA615 #1593CA #4B15CA

monochromatic

#5B4B09 #93780F #CAA615 #EAC532 #EFD56A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CAA615 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#CAA615 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA615

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA615	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA615	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AE23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa615;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 166, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.147 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf66',
    500: '#caa615',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa615;
$custom-light: #dfbf66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa615",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.066,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73645,
    "c": 0.14678,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA615

secondary

#667CD5

accent

#58F830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF7EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA615

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

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