#CAAA19#CAAA19

#CAAA19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.148 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA19
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 25)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 87.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -1.33, 69.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 69.48, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0124 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.148 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9096, 41.3786, 6.8570)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA19 #1939CA

analogous

#CA5219 #CAAA19 #91CA19

triadic

#CAAA19 #19CAAA #AA19CA

tetradic

#CAAA19 #19CA52 #1939CA #CA1991

square

#CAAA19 #19CA52 #1939CA #CA1991

split-complementary

#CAAA19 #1991CA #5219CA

monochromatic

#5D4E0C #947C12 #CAAA19 #E7C73A #EDD770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CAAA19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#CAAA19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA19

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA19	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.148 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc268',
    500: '#caaa19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa19;
$custom-light: #dfc268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.153,
    "s": 77.974,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7448,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA19

secondary

#6B7ED4

accent

#56F433

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA19

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

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