#CAA836#CAA836

#CAA836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.133 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA836
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 0.70, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 60.25, 89.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0041 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.133 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0278, 40.8305, 9.3147)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA836 #3658CA

analogous

#CA5E36 #CAA836 #A2CA36

triadic

#CAA836 #36CAA8 #A836CA

tetradic

#CAA836 #36CA5E #3658CA #CA36A2

square

#CAA836 #36CA5E #3658CA #CA36A2

split-complementary

#CAA836 #36A2CA #5E36CA

monochromatic

#6A581C #9A8029 #CAA836 #D7BD66 #E4D297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CAA836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#CAA836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA836

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA836	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.133 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec175',
    500: '#caa836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa836;
$custom-light: #dec175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74221,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA836

secondary

#8D9CCF

accent

#6AE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA836

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

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