#CAA835#CAA835

#CAA835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.134 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA835
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 0.65, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 60.63, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0043 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.134 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0045, 40.8212, 9.1923)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA835 #3557CA

analogous

#CA5E35 #CAA835 #A1CA35

triadic

#CAA835 #35CAA8 #A835CA

tetradic

#CAA835 #35CA5E #3557CA #CA35A1

square

#CAA835 #35CA5E #3557CA #CA35A1

split-complementary

#CAA835 #35A1CA #5E35CA

monochromatic

#69571C #9A8028 #CAA835 #D7BD65 #E3D296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CAA835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#CAA835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA835

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA835	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)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.134 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec174',
    500: '#caa835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa835;
$custom-light: #dec174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74214,
    "c": 0.13389,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA835

secondary

#8C9BCF

accent

#6AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA835

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

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