#CAA83E#CAA83E

#CAA83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.128 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA83E
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 1.10, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 57.10, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.002 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.128 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2313, 40.9119, 10.3869)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA83E #3E60CA

analogous

#CA623E #CAA83E #A6CA3E

triadic

#CAA83E #3ECAA8 #A83ECA

tetradic

#CAA83E #3ECA62 #3E60CA #CA3EA6

square

#CAA83E #3ECA62 #3E60CA #CA3EA6

split-complementary

#CAA83E #3EA6CA #623ECA

monochromatic

#6F5C1F #9F832C #CAA83E #D7BE6E #E4D39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CAA83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#CAA83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA83E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA83E	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)

#BAA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.128 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec179',
    500: '#caa83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa83e;
$custom-light: #dec179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74284,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA83E

secondary

#93A2D1

accent

#6DE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA83E

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

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