#CAAA42#CAAA42

#CAAA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.126 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA42
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, 0.25, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 55.96, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0039 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.126 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7172, 41.7016, 11.1104)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA42 #4262CA

analogous

#CA6642 #CAAA42 #A6CA42

triadic

#CAAA42 #42CAAA #AA42CA

tetradic

#CAAA42 #42CA66 #4262CA #CA42A6

square

#CAAA42 #42CA66 #4262CA #CA42A6

split-complementary

#CAAA42 #42A6CA #6642CA

monochromatic

#725E20 #A2862D #CAAA42 #D7BF72 #E5D5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CAAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#CAAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA42

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA42	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)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.126 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37b',
    500: '#caaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa42;
$custom-light: #dec37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74729,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA42

secondary

#96A4D1

accent

#6CDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA42

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

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