#CAA945#CAA945

#CAA945 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.123 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA945
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 0.96, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 54.42, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0015 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.123 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6213, 41.3644, 11.5263)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA945 #4566CA

analogous

#CA6645 #CAA945 #A8CA45

triadic

#CAA945 #45CAA9 #A945CA

tetradic

#CAA945 #45CA66 #4566CA #CA45A8

square

#CAA945 #45CA66 #4566CA #CA45A8

split-complementary

#CAA945 #45A8CA #6645CA

monochromatic

#745F21 #A3862F #CAA945 #D8BF75 #E5D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CAA945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#CAA945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA945

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA945	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.123 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec27d',
    500: '#caa945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa945;
$custom-light: #dec27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74552,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA945

secondary

#99A7D2

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA945

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

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