#CAA840#CAA840

#CAA840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.127 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA840
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 1.21, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 56.27, 88.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0014 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.127 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2872, 40.9343, 10.6813)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA840 #4062CA

analogous

#CA6340 #CAA840 #A7CA40

triadic

#CAA840 #40CAA8 #A840CA

tetradic

#CAA840 #40CA63 #4062CA #CA40A7

square

#CAA840 #40CA63 #4062CA #CA40A7

split-complementary

#CAA840 #40A7CA #6340CA

monochromatic

#705C1F #A0842C #CAA840 #D7BE70 #E5D4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CAA840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#CAA840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA840

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA840	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.127 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec17a',
    500: '#caa840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa840;
$custom-light: #dec17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74302,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA840

secondary

#95A4D1

accent

#6DE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA840

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

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