#CAAA48#CAAA48

#CAAA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.122 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA48
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 0.62, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 53.38, 89.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0022 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.122 91)
XYZ	xyz(39.9035, 41.7761, 12.0914)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA48 #4868CA

analogous

#CA6948 #CAAA48 #A9CA48

triadic

#CAAA48 #48CAAA #AA48CA

tetradic

#CAAA48 #48CA69 #4868CA #CA48A9

square

#CAAA48 #48CA69 #4868CA #CA48A9

split-complementary

#CAAA48 #48A9CA #6948CA

monochromatic

#766122 #A58830 #CAAA48 #D8C077 #E5D6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CAAA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#CAAA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA48

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA48	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	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)

#BBA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.122 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc37f',
    500: '#caaa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa48;
$custom-light: #ddc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74786,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.41774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA48

secondary

#9BA9D3

accent

#6EDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA48

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

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