#CAAA3B#CAAA3B

#CAAA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA3B
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -0.12, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 58.83, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0058 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.131 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5234, 41.6240, 10.0893)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA3B #3B5BCA

analogous

#CA623B #CAAA3B #A3CA3B

triadic

#CAAA3B #3BCAAA #AA3BCA

tetradic

#CAAA3B #3BCA62 #3B5BCA #CA3BA3

square

#CAAA3B #3BCA62 #3B5BCA #CA3BA3

split-complementary

#CAAA3B #3BA3CA #623BCA

monochromatic

#6D5B1E #9D842B #CAAA3B #D7BF6B #E4D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CAAA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#CAAA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA3B

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA3B	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)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec277',
    500: '#caaa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa3b;
$custom-light: #dec277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74669,
    "c": 0.13127,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA3B

secondary

#919FD0

accent

#69E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA3B

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

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