Color specimenNo. 13273604

#CA8A04

Vivid Amber

A deterministic reference card for #CA8A04. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
202, 138, 4
HSL
41°, 96%, 40%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · yellow

tailwind · yellow 600

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-yellow-600, text-yellow-600, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · yellow

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Class name
yellow-600
Hex
#CA8A04
Closest CSS named color
darkgoldenrod
Full color breakdown
/color/ca8a04

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #CA8A04 as the text color.

2.94:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #CA8A04 as the text color.

7.15:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

Recommendation

When using #CA8A04 as a background, pair it with #000000 text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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