#CAA931#CAA931

#CAA931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.137 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA931
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -0.05, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 62.33, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0067 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.137 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1017, 41.1566, 8.7896)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA931 #3152CA

analogous

#CA5D31 #CAA931 #9FCA31

triadic

#CAA931 #31CAA9 #A931CA

tetradic

#CAA931 #31CA5D #3152CA #CA319F

square

#CAA931 #31CA5D #3152CA #CA319F

split-complementary

#CAA931 #319FCA #5D31CA

monochromatic

#675719 #998025 #CAA931 #D8BE60 #E4D291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CAA931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#CAA931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA931

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA931	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.137 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec272',
    500: '#caa931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa931;
$custom-light: #dec272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74391,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA931

secondary

#8897CF

accent

#66E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA931

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →