#CAAA15#CAAA15

#CAAA15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.149 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA15
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 21)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -1.41, 70.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 70.28, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0128 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.149 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8695, 41.3625, 6.6458)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA15 #1535CA

analogous

#CA4F15 #CAAA15 #8FCA15

triadic

#CAAA15 #15CAAA #AA15CA

tetradic

#CAAA15 #15CA4F #1535CA #CA158F

square

#CAAA15 #15CA4F #1535CA #CA158F

split-complementary

#CAAA15 #158FCA #4F15CA

monochromatic

#5B4D09 #937B0F #CAAA15 #EAC932 #EFD86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CAAA15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#CAAA15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA15

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA15	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)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.149 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc267',
    500: '#caaa15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa15;
$custom-light: #dfc267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.392,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74468,
    "c": 0.149,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA15

secondary

#667AD5

accent

#53F830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF7EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA15

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

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