#CAA940#CAA940

#CAA940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.127 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA940
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 0.67, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 56.53, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.003 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.127 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4726, 41.3049, 10.7431)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA940 #4061CA

analogous

#CA6440 #CAA940 #A6CA40

triadic

#CAA940 #40CAA9 #A940CA

tetradic

#CAA940 #40CA64 #4061CA #CA40A6

square

#CAA940 #40CA64 #4061CA #CA40A6

split-complementary

#CAA940 #40A6CA #6440CA

monochromatic

#705D1F #A0852C #CAA940 #D7BF70 #E5D4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CAA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#CAA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA940

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA940	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.127 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec27a',
    500: '#caa940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa940;
$custom-light: #dec27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74506,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA940

secondary

#95A3D1

accent

#6CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA940

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

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