#CAA631#CAA631

#CAA631 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.135 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA631
RGB	rgb(202, 166, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 1.54, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 61.62, 88.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0022 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.135 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5499, 40.0532, 8.6057)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA631 #3155CA

analogous

#CA5931 #CAA631 #A2CA31

triadic

#CAA631 #31CAA6 #A631CA

tetradic

#CAA631 #31CA59 #3155CA #CA31A2

square

#CAA631 #31CA59 #3155CA #CA31A2

split-complementary

#CAA631 #31A2CA #5931CA

monochromatic

#675519 #997E25 #CAA631 #D8BC60 #E4D191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CAA631 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#CAA631 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA631

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA631	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA631	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)

#B9A41C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa631;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 166, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.135 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec072',
    500: '#caa631',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa631;
$custom-light: #dec072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa631",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73777,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA631

secondary

#8899CF

accent

#69E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA631

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

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