#CAA62E#CAA62E

#CAA62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.137 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA62E
RGB	rgb(202, 166, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, 1.42, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 62.67, 88.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0028 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.137 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4887, 40.0287, 8.2833)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA62E #2E52CA

analogous

#CA582E #CAA62E #A0CA2E

triadic

#CAA62E #2ECAA6 #A62ECA

tetradic

#CAA62E #2ECA58 #2E52CA #CA2EA0

square

#CAA62E #2ECA58 #2E52CA #CA2EA0

split-complementary

#CAA62E #2EA0CA #582ECA

monochromatic

#665417 #987D23 #CAA62E #DABD5B #E5D18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CAA62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#CAA62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA62E

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA62E	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 166, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.137 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc070',
    500: '#caa62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa62e;
$custom-light: #dfc070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73758,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA62E

secondary

#8496CF

accent

#68E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA62E

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

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