#CAA73B#CAA73B

#CAA73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.129 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA73B
RGB	rgb(202, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 1.47, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 58.06, 88.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0013 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.129 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9674, 40.5121, 9.9040)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA73B #3B5ECA

analogous

#CA5F3B #CAA73B #A5CA3B

triadic

#CAA73B #3BCAA7 #A73BCA

tetradic

#CAA73B #3BCA5F #3B5ECA #CA3BA5

square

#CAA73B #3BCA5F #3B5ECA #CA3BA5

split-complementary

#CAA73B #3BA5CA #5F3BCA

monochromatic

#6D5A1E #9D812B #CAA73B #D7BD6B #E4D29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CAA73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#CAA73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA73B

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA73B	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)

#B9A52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.129 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec077',
    500: '#caa73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa73b;
$custom-light: #dec077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74055,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA73B

secondary

#91A0D0

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA73B

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

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