#CAA838#CAA838

#CAA838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.132 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA838
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 0.79, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 59.49, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0036 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.132 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0757, 40.8497, 9.5672)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA838 #385ACA

analogous

#CA5F38 #CAA838 #A3CA38

triadic

#CAA838 #38CAA8 #A838CA

tetradic

#CAA838 #38CA5F #385ACA #CA38A3

square

#CAA838 #38CA5F #385ACA #CA38A3

split-complementary

#CAA838 #38A3CA #5F38CA

monochromatic

#6B591D #9B8129 #CAA838 #D7BD68 #E4D299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CAA838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#CAA838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA838

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA838	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)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.132 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec176',
    500: '#caa838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa838;
$custom-light: #dec176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74236,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA838

secondary

#8E9ECF

accent

#6BE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA838

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

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