#CAAC37#CAAC37

#CAAC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.135 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAC37
RGB	rgb(202, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -1.38, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 60.90, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0099 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.135 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8013, 42.3397, 9.6897)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAC37 #3755CA

analogous

#CA6237 #CAAC37 #9FCA37

triadic

#CAAC37 #37CAAC #AC37CA

tetradic

#CAAC37 #37CA62 #3755CA #CA379F

square

#CAAC37 #37CA62 #3755CA #CA379F

split-complementary

#CAAC37 #379FCA #6237CA

monochromatic

#6A5A1C #9B8429 #CAAC37 #D7C067 #E4D498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CAAC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#CAAC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAC37

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAC37	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)

#BEA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.135 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec475',
    500: '#caac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caac37;
$custom-light: #dec475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7505,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAC37

secondary

#8E9BCF

accent

#66E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAC37

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

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