#CAA738#CAA738

#CAA738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.131 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA738
RGB	rgb(202, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 1.32, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 59.24, 88.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.002 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.131 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8918, 40.4819, 9.5059)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA738 #385BCA

analogous

#CA5E38 #CAA738 #A4CA38

triadic

#CAA738 #38CAA7 #A738CA

tetradic

#CAA738 #38CA5E #385BCA #CA38A4

square

#CAA738 #38CA5E #385BCA #CA38A4

split-complementary

#CAA738 #38A4CA #5E38CA

monochromatic

#6B581D #9B8029 #CAA738 #D7BC68 #E4D299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CAA738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#CAA738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA738

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA738	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.131 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec075',
    500: '#caa738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa738;
$custom-light: #dec075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.616,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74031,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA738

secondary

#8E9ECF

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA738

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

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