#CAA823#CAA823

#CAA823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.143 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA823
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -0.02, 66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 66.56, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0079 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.143 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6654, 40.6856, 7.4063)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA823 #2345CA

analogous

#CA5423 #CAA823 #99CA23

triadic

#CAA823 #23CAA8 #A823CA

tetradic

#CAA823 #23CA54 #2345CA #CA2399

square

#CAA823 #23CA54 #2345CA #CA2399

split-complementary

#CAA823 #2399CA #5423CA

monochromatic

#625111 #967D1A #CAA823 #E0C14A #E9D37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CAA823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#CAA823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA823

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA823	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4AF2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.143 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc16b',
    500: '#caa823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa823;
$custom-light: #dfc16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.784,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74108,
    "c": 0.1431,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA823

secondary

#788AD1

accent

#5FED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA823

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

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