#CAA83A#CAA83A

#CAA83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.131 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA83A
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 0.89, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 58.71, 89.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0031 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.131 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1256, 40.8696, 9.8300)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA83A #3A5CCA

analogous

#CA603A #CAA83A #A4CA3A

triadic

#CAA83A #3ACAA8 #A83ACA

tetradic

#CAA83A #3ACA60 #3A5CCA #CA3AA4

square

#CAA83A #3ACA60 #3A5CCA #CA3AA4

split-complementary

#CAA83A #3AA4CA #603ACA

monochromatic

#6C5A1D #9D822A #CAA83A #D7BD6A #E4D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CAA83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#CAA83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA83A

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA83A	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)

#BAA62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.131 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec177',
    500: '#caa83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa83a;
$custom-light: #dec177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74251,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA83A

secondary

#909FD0

accent

#6BE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA83A

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

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