#CAA636#CAA636

#CAA636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA636
RGB	rgb(202, 166, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 1.76, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 59.77, 88.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.001 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.132 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6614, 40.0977, 9.1926)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA636 #365ACA

analogous

#CA5C36 #CAA636 #A4CA36

triadic

#CAA636 #36CAA6 #A636CA

tetradic

#CAA636 #36CA5C #365ACA #CA36A4

square

#CAA636 #36CA5C #365ACA #CA36A4

split-complementary

#CAA636 #36A4CA #5C36CA

monochromatic

#6A571C #9A7F29 #CAA636 #D7BB66 #E4D197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CAA636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#CAA636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA636

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA636	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 166, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec074',
    500: '#caa636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa636;
$custom-light: #dec074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73812,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA636

secondary

#8D9DCF

accent

#6CE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA636

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

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