#CAAA38#CAAA38

#CAAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.133 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA38
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -0.27, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 60.00, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0066 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.133 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4478, 41.5938, 9.6912)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA38 #3858CA

analogous

#CA6138 #CAAA38 #A1CA38

triadic

#CAAA38 #38CAAA #AA38CA

tetradic

#CAAA38 #38CA61 #3858CA #CA38A1

square

#CAAA38 #38CA61 #3858CA #CA38A1

split-complementary

#CAAA38 #38A1CA #6138CA

monochromatic

#6B5A1D #9B8229 #CAAA38 #D7BF68 #E4D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CAAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#CAAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA38

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA38	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)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.133 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec276',
    500: '#caaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa38;
$custom-light: #dec276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74646,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA38

secondary

#8E9DCF

accent

#69E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA38

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

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