#CAA937#CAA937

#CAA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.133 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA937
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 0.21, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 60.12, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0053 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.133 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2368, 41.2106, 9.5015)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA937 #3758CA

analogous

#CA6037 #CAA937 #A1CA37

triadic

#CAA937 #37CAA9 #A937CA

tetradic

#CAA937 #37CA60 #3758CA #CA37A1

square

#CAA937 #37CA60 #3758CA #CA37A1

split-complementary

#CAA937 #37A1CA #6037CA

monochromatic

#6A591C #9B8129 #CAA937 #D7BE67 #E4D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CAA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#CAA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA937

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA937	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)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.133 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec275',
    500: '#caa937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa937;
$custom-light: #dec275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74433,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA937

secondary

#8E9CCF

accent

#69E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA937

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

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