#CAA83B#CAA83B

#CAA83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.130 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA83B
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 0.94, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 58.31, 89.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0028 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.13 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1513, 40.8799, 9.9653)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA83B #3B5DCA

analogous

#CA603B #CAA83B #A4CA3B

triadic

#CAA83B #3BCAA8 #A83BCA

tetradic

#CAA83B #3BCA60 #3B5DCA #CA3BA4

square

#CAA83B #3BCA60 #3B5DCA #CA3BA4

split-complementary

#CAA83B #3BA4CA #603BCA

monochromatic

#6D5A1E #9D822B #CAA83B #D7BD6B #E4D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CAA83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#CAA83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA83B

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA83B	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.130 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec177',
    500: '#caa83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa83b;
$custom-light: #dec177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74259,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA83B

secondary

#91A0D0

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA83B

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

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