#CAAA46#CAAA46

#CAAA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.123 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA46
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 0.49, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 54.25, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0028 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.123 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8393, 41.7504, 11.7534)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA46 #4666CA

analogous

#CA6846 #CAAA46 #A8CA46

triadic

#CAAA46 #46CAAA #AA46CA

tetradic

#CAAA46 #46CA68 #4666CA #CA46A8

square

#CAAA46 #46CA68 #4666CA #CA46A8

split-complementary

#CAAA46 #46A8CA #6846CA

monochromatic

#746021 #A4882F #CAAA46 #D8C076 #E5D6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CAAA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#CAAA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA46

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA46	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)

#BCA83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.123 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec37e',
    500: '#caaa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa46;
$custom-light: #dec37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74766,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA46

secondary

#9AA7D2

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA46

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

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