#CAA837#CAA837

#CAA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.133 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA837
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 0.74, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 59.87, 89.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0038 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.133 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0515, 40.8400, 9.4397)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA837 #3759CA

analogous

#CA5E37 #CAA837 #A3CA37

triadic

#CAA837 #37CAA8 #A837CA

tetradic

#CAA837 #37CA5E #3759CA #CA37A3

square

#CAA837 #37CA5E #3759CA #CA37A3

split-complementary

#CAA837 #37A3CA #5E37CA

monochromatic

#6A581C #9B8029 #CAA837 #D7BD67 #E4D298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CAA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#CAA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA837

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA837	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)

#BBA626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.133 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec175',
    500: '#caa837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa837;
$custom-light: #dec175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74228,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA837

secondary

#8E9DCF

accent

#6AE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA837

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

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