#CAA935#CAA935

#CAA935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.134 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA935
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 0.12, 60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 60.88, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0058 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.134 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1899, 41.1919, 9.2541)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA935 #3556CA

analogous

#CA5E35 #CAA935 #A1CA35

triadic

#CAA935 #35CAA9 #A935CA

tetradic

#CAA935 #35CA5E #3556CA #CA35A1

square

#CAA935 #35CA5E #3556CA #CA35A1

split-complementary

#CAA935 #35A1CA #5E35CA

monochromatic

#69581C #9A8028 #CAA935 #D7BE65 #E3D296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CAA935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#CAA935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA935

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA935	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.134 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec274',
    500: '#caa935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa935;
$custom-light: #dec274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.711,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74419,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA935

secondary

#8C9BCF

accent

#69E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA935

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

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