#CAA735#CAA735

#CAA735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.133 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA735
RGB	rgb(202, 167, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 1.19, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 60.39, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0028 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.133 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8206, 40.4534, 9.1310)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA735 #3558CA

analogous

#CA5D35 #CAA735 #A2CA35

triadic

#CAA735 #35CAA7 #A735CA

tetradic

#CAA735 #35CA5D #3558CA #CA35A2

square

#CAA735 #35CA5D #3558CA #CA35A2

split-complementary

#CAA735 #35A2CA #5D35CA

monochromatic

#69571C #9A7F28 #CAA735 #D7BC65 #E3D196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CAA735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#CAA735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA735

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA735	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 167, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.133 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec074',
    500: '#caa735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa735;
$custom-light: #dec074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.906,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74009,
    "c": 0.13332,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA735

secondary

#8C9CCF

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA735

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

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