#CAAA49#CAAA49

#CAAA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.121 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA49
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 0.68, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 52.94, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0018 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.121 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9364, 41.7893, 12.2646)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA49 #4969CA

analogous

#CA6A49 #CAAA49 #AACA49

triadic

#CAAA49 #49CAAA #AA49CA

tetradic

#CAAA49 #49CA6A #4969CA #CA49AA

square

#CAAA49 #49CA6A #4969CA #CA49AA

split-complementary

#CAAA49 #49AACA #6A49CA

monochromatic

#766122 #A68830 #CAAA49 #D8C078 #E6D6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CAAA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#CAAA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA49

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA49	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.121 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc380',
    500: '#caaa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa49;
$custom-light: #ddc380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74796,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA49

secondary

#9CAAD3

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA49

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

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