#CAA83F#CAA83F

#CAA83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.127 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA83F
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 63)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 68.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 1.15, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 56.69, 88.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0017 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.127 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2590, 40.9230, 10.5328)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA83F #3F61CA

analogous

#CA633F #CAA83F #A6CA3F

triadic

#CAA83F #3FCAA8 #A83FCA

tetradic

#CAA83F #3FCA63 #3F61CA #CA3FA6

square

#CAA83F #3FCA63 #3F61CA #CA3FA6

split-complementary

#CAA83F #3FA6CA #633FCA

monochromatic

#705C1F #A0832C #CAA83F #D7BE6F #E4D39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CAA83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#CAA83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA83F

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA83F	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)

#BAA631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.127 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec17a',
    500: '#caa83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa83f;
$custom-light: #dec17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74293,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA83F

secondary

#94A3D1

accent

#6DE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA83F

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

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