#CAA939#CAA939

#CAA939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.132 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA939
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 0.31, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 59.35, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0048 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.132 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2857, 41.2302, 9.7591)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA939 #395ACA

analogous

#CA6039 #CAA939 #A2CA39

triadic

#CAA939 #39CAA9 #A939CA

tetradic

#CAA939 #39CA60 #395ACA #CA39A2

square

#CAA939 #39CA60 #395ACA #CA39A2

split-complementary

#CAA939 #39A2CA #6039CA

monochromatic

#6C5A1D #9C822A #CAA939 #D7BE69 #E4D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CAA939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#CAA939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA939

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA939	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.132 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec276',
    500: '#caa939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa939;
$custom-light: #dec276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74448,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA939

secondary

#8F9ED0

accent

#6AE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA939

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

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