#CAA82E#CAA82E

#CAA82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.138 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA82E
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 0.36, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 63.13, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0059 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.138 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8551, 40.7614, 8.4054)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA82E #2E50CA

analogous

#CA5A2E #CAA82E #9ECA2E

triadic

#CAA82E #2ECAA8 #A82ECA

tetradic

#CAA82E #2ECA5A #2E50CA #CA2E9E

square

#CAA82E #2ECA5A #2E50CA #CA2E9E

split-complementary

#CAA82E #2E9ECA #5A2ECA

monochromatic

#665517 #987F23 #CAA82E #DABE5B #E5D28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CAA82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#CAA82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA82E

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA82E	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.138 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc170',
    500: '#caa82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa82e;
$custom-light: #dfc170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.923,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74167,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA82E

secondary

#8495CF

accent

#66E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA82E

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

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