#CAA815#CAA815

#CAA815 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.148 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA815
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 21)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -0.35, 69.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 69.86, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0098 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.148 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4975, 40.6184, 6.5218)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA815 #1537CA

analogous

#CA4D15 #CAA815 #91CA15

triadic

#CAA815 #15CAA8 #A815CA

tetradic

#CAA815 #15CA4D #1537CA #CA1591

square

#CAA815 #15CA4D #1537CA #CA1591

split-complementary

#CAA815 #1591CA #4D15CA

monochromatic

#5B4C09 #937A0F #CAA815 #EAC732 #EFD66A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CAA815 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#CAA815 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA815

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA815	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA815	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4AF23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa815;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.148 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc167',
    500: '#caa815',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa815;
$custom-light: #dfc167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa815",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.729,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74056,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA815

secondary

#667BD5

accent

#56F830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF7EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA815

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

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