#CAAA45#CAAA45

#CAAA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.124 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA45
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 0.43, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 54.69, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0031 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.124 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8080, 41.7379, 11.5885)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA45 #4565CA

analogous

#CA6745 #CAAA45 #A7CA45

triadic

#CAAA45 #45CAAA #AA45CA

tetradic

#CAAA45 #45CA67 #4565CA #CA45A7

square

#CAAA45 #45CA67 #4565CA #CA45A7

split-complementary

#CAAA45 #45A7CA #6745CA

monochromatic

#746021 #A3872F #CAAA45 #D8C075 #E5D6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CAAA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#CAAA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA45

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA45	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.124 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37d',
    500: '#caaa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa45;
$custom-light: #dec37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74757,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA45

secondary

#99A7D2

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA45

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

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