#CAAC31#CAAC31

#CAAC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.139 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAC31
RGB	rgb(202, 172, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -1.64, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 63.09, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0113 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.139 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6662, 42.2856, 8.9778)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAC31 #314FCA

analogous

#CA5F31 #CAAC31 #9CCA31

triadic

#CAAC31 #31CAAC #AC31CA

tetradic

#CAAC31 #31CA5F #314FCA #CA319C

square

#CAAC31 #31CA5F #314FCA #CA319C

split-complementary

#CAAC31 #319CCA #5F31CA

monochromatic

#675819 #998225 #CAAC31 #D8C160 #E4D491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CAAC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#CAAC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAC31

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAC31	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA91A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caac31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 172, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.139 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec472',
    500: '#caac31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caac31;
$custom-light: #dec472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caac31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75009,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAC31

secondary

#8896CF

accent

#63E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAC31

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

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