#CAA915#CAA915

#CAA915 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.148 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA915
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 21)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -0.88, 70.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 70.07, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0113 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.148 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6828, 40.9890, 6.5835)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA915 #1536CA

analogous

#CA4E15 #CAA915 #90CA15

triadic

#CAA915 #15CAA9 #A915CA

tetradic

#CAA915 #15CA4E #1536CA #CA1590

square

#CAA915 #15CA4E #1536CA #CA1590

split-complementary

#CAA915 #1590CA #4E15CA

monochromatic

#5B4C09 #937B0F #CAA915 #EAC832 #EFD76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CAA915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#CAA915 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA915

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA915	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.148 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc267',
    500: '#caa915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa915;
$custom-light: #dfc267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.061,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74262,
    "c": 0.14842,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA915

secondary

#667AD5

accent

#55F830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF7EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA915

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

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