#CAA839#CAA839

#CAA839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.131 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA839
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 0.84, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 59.10, 89.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0033 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.131 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1004, 40.8596, 9.6973)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA839 #395BCA

analogous

#CA5F39 #CAA839 #A3CA39

triadic

#CAA839 #39CAA8 #A839CA

tetradic

#CAA839 #39CA5F #395BCA #CA39A3

square

#CAA839 #39CA5F #395BCA #CA39A3

split-complementary

#CAA839 #39A3CA #5F39CA

monochromatic

#6C591D #9C812A #CAA839 #D7BD69 #E4D29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CAA839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#CAA839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA839

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA839	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)

#BAA629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.131 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec176',
    500: '#caa839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa839;
$custom-light: #dec176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.931,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74244,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA839

secondary

#8F9ED0

accent

#6BE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA839

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

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