#CAA938#CAA938

#CAA938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.133 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA938
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, 0.26, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 59.74, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0051 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.133 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2610, 41.2203, 9.6290)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA938 #3859CA

analogous

#CA6038 #CAA938 #A2CA38

triadic

#CAA938 #38CAA9 #A938CA

tetradic

#CAA938 #38CA60 #3859CA #CA38A2

square

#CAA938 #38CA60 #3859CA #CA38A2

split-complementary

#CAA938 #38A2CA #6038CA

monochromatic

#6B591D #9B8229 #CAA938 #D7BE68 #E4D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CAA938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#CAA938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA938

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA938	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)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.133 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec276',
    500: '#caa938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa938;
$custom-light: #dec276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74441,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA938

secondary

#8E9DCF

accent

#6AE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA938

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

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