#CAAC3B#CAAC3B

#CAAC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.133 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAC3B
RGB	rgb(202, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -1.18, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 59.36, 91.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0089 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.133 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9011, 42.3796, 10.2152)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAC3B #3B59CA

analogous

#CA643B #CAAC3B #A0CA3B

triadic

#CAAC3B #3BCAAC #AC3BCA

tetradic

#CAAC3B #3BCA64 #3B59CA #CA3BA0

square

#CAAC3B #3BCA64 #3B59CA #CA3BA0

split-complementary

#CAAC3B #3BA0CA #643BCA

monochromatic

#6D5C1E #9D852B #CAAC3B #D7C06B #E4D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CAAC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#CAAC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAC3B

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAC3B	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.133 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec478',
    500: '#caac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caac3b;
$custom-light: #dec478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75081,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAC3B

secondary

#919ED0

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAC3B

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

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