#CAAA40#CAAA40

#CAAA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.128 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA40
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 0.14, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 56.80, 89.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0045 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.128 92)
XYZ	xyz(39.6593, 41.6784, 10.8053)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA40 #4060CA

analogous

#CA6540 #CAAA40 #A5CA40

triadic

#CAAA40 #40CAAA #AA40CA

tetradic

#CAAA40 #40CA65 #4060CA #CA40A5

square

#CAAA40 #40CA65 #4060CA #CA40A5

split-complementary

#CAAA40 #40A5CA #6540CA

monochromatic

#705E1F #A0852C #CAAA40 #D7BF70 #E5D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CAAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#CAAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA40

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA40	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.128 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37a',
    500: '#caaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa40;
$custom-light: #dec37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74711,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.41676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA40

secondary

#95A3D1

accent

#6BE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA40

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

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