#CAAA44#CAAA44

#CAAA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.125 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA44
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 0.37, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 55.12, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0034 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.125 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7772, 41.7256, 11.4264)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA44 #4464CA

analogous

#CA6744 #CAAA44 #A7CA44

triadic

#CAAA44 #44CAAA #AA44CA

tetradic

#CAAA44 #44CA67 #4464CA #CA44A7

square

#CAAA44 #44CA67 #4464CA #CA44A7

split-complementary

#CAAA44 #44A7CA #6744CA

monochromatic

#735F21 #A3872E #CAAA44 #D8C074 #E5D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CAAA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#CAAA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA44

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA44	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)

#BCA838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.125 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37d',
    500: '#caaa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa44;
$custom-light: #dec37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74747,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA44

secondary

#98A6D2

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA44

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

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