#CAA637#CAA637

#CAA637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA637
RGB	rgb(202, 166, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, 1.81, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 59.39, 88.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0008 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.132 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6851, 40.1072, 9.3176)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA637 #375BCA

analogous

#CA5C37 #CAA637 #A5CA37

triadic

#CAA637 #37CAA6 #A637CA

tetradic

#CAA637 #37CA5C #375BCA #CA37A5

square

#CAA637 #37CA5C #375BCA #CA37A5

split-complementary

#CAA637 #37A5CA #5C37CA

monochromatic

#6A571C #9B7F29 #CAA637 #D7BC67 #E4D198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CAA637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#CAA637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA637

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA637	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)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 166, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec075',
    500: '#caa637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa637;
$custom-light: #dec075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7382,
    "c": 0.13152,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA637

secondary

#8E9ECF

accent

#6CE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA637

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

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