#CAAC3A#CAAC3A

#CAAC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.133 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAC3A
RGB	rgb(202, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -1.23, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 59.75, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0091 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.133 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8754, 42.3693, 10.0799)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAC3A #3A58CA

analogous

#CA643A #CAAC3A #A0CA3A

triadic

#CAAC3A #3ACAAC #AC3ACA

tetradic

#CAAC3A #3ACA64 #3A58CA #CA3AA0

square

#CAAC3A #3ACA64 #3A58CA #CA3AA0

split-complementary

#CAAC3A #3AA0CA #643ACA

monochromatic

#6C5C1D #9D852A #CAAC3A #D7C06A #E4D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CAAC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#CAAC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAC3A

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAC3A	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.133 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec477',
    500: '#caac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caac3a;
$custom-light: #dec477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75073,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAC3A

secondary

#909DD0

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAC3A

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

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