#CAAA37#CAAA37

#CAAA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.134 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA37
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -0.32, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 60.38, 90.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0068 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.134 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4236, 41.5841, 9.5637)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA37 #3757CA

analogous

#CA6037 #CAAA37 #A0CA37

triadic

#CAAA37 #37CAAA #AA37CA

tetradic

#CAAA37 #37CA60 #3757CA #CA37A0

square

#CAAA37 #37CA60 #3757CA #CA37A0

split-complementary

#CAAA37 #37A0CA #6037CA

monochromatic

#6A591C #9B8229 #CAAA37 #D7BF67 #E4D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CAAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#CAAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA37

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA37	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.134 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec275',
    500: '#caaa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa37;
$custom-light: #dec275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74638,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA37

secondary

#8E9CCF

accent

#68E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA37

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

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