#CAA638#CAA638

#CAA638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.131 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA638
RGB	rgb(202, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, 1.86, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 59.00, 88.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0005 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.131 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7093, 40.1169, 9.4451)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA638 #385CCA

analogous

#CA5D38 #CAA638 #A5CA38

triadic

#CAA638 #38CAA6 #A638CA

tetradic

#CAA638 #38CA5D #385CCA #CA38A5

square

#CAA638 #38CA5D #385CCA #CA38A5

split-complementary

#CAA638 #38A5CA #5D38CA

monochromatic

#6B581D #9B7F29 #CAA638 #D7BC68 #E4D199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CAA638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#CAA638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA638

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA638	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)

#B9A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.131 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec075',
    500: '#caa638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa638;
$custom-light: #dec075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73827,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA638

secondary

#8E9ECF

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA638

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

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