#CAAA3C#CAAA3C

#CAAA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA3C
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -0.07, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 58.43, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0056 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.131 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5495, 41.6345, 10.2272)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA3C #3C5CCA

analogous

#CA633C #CAAA3C #A3CA3C

triadic

#CAAA3C #3CCAAA #AA3CCA

tetradic

#CAAA3C #3CCA63 #3C5CCA #CA3CA3

square

#CAAA3C #3CCA63 #3C5CCA #CA3CA3

split-complementary

#CAAA3C #3CA3CA #633CCA

monochromatic

#6E5C1E #9E842B #CAAA3C #D7BF6C #E4D49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CAAA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#CAAA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA3C

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA3C	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec278',
    500: '#caaa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa3c;
$custom-light: #dec278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74677,
    "c": 0.1306,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA3C

secondary

#92A0D0

accent

#6AE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA3C

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

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