#CAAA41#CAAA41

#CAAA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.127 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA41
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, 0.20, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 56.38, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0042 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.127 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6880, 41.6899, 10.9565)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA41 #4161CA

analogous

#CA6541 #CAAA41 #A6CA41

triadic

#CAAA41 #41CAAA #AA41CA

tetradic

#CAAA41 #41CA65 #4161CA #CA41A6

square

#CAAA41 #41CA65 #4161CA #CA41A6

split-complementary

#CAAA41 #41A6CA #6541CA

monochromatic

#715E20 #A1862D #CAAA41 #D7BF71 #E5D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CAAA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#CAAA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA41

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA41	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)

#BCA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.127 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37b',
    500: '#caaa41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa41;
$custom-light: #dec37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7472,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA41

secondary

#96A4D1

accent

#6CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA41

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

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