#CAA73C#CAA73C

#CAA73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.129 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA73C
RGB	rgb(202, 167, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 1.52, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 57.66, 88.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.001 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.129 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9936, 40.5226, 10.0419)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA73C #3C5FCA

analogous

#CA603C #CAA73C #A6CA3C

triadic

#CAA73C #3CCAA7 #A73CCA

tetradic

#CAA73C #3CCA60 #3C5FCA #CA3CA6

square

#CAA73C #3CCA60 #3C5FCA #CA3CA6

split-complementary

#CAA73C #3CA6CA #603CCA

monochromatic

#6E5A1E #9E822B #CAA73C #D7BD6C #E4D29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CAA73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#CAA73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA73C

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA73C	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)

#B9A52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 167, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.129 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec078',
    500: '#caa73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa73c;
$custom-light: #dec078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74063,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA73C

secondary

#92A1D0

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA73C

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

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