#CAA831#CAA831

#CAA831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.136 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA831
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 0.48, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 62.09, 89.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0052 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.136 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9163, 40.7859, 8.7278)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA831 #3153CA

analogous

#CA5C31 #CAA831 #A0CA31

triadic

#CAA831 #31CAA8 #A831CA

tetradic

#CAA831 #31CA5C #3153CA #CA31A0

square

#CAA831 #31CA5C #3153CA #CA31A0

split-complementary

#CAA831 #31A0CA #5C31CA

monochromatic

#675619 #997F25 #CAA831 #D8BE60 #E4D291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CAA831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#CAA831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA831

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA831	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.136 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec172',
    500: '#caa831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa831;
$custom-light: #dec172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74186,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA831

secondary

#8898CF

accent

#67E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA831

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

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