#CAAD15#CAAD15

#CAAD15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.151 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD15
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 21)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -2.99, 70.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 70.95, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0173 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.151 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4383, 42.5001, 6.8354)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD15 #1532CA

analogous

#CA5215 #CAAD15 #8CCA15

triadic

#CAAD15 #15CAAD #AD15CA

tetradic

#CAAD15 #15CA52 #1532CA #CA158C

square

#CAAD15 #15CA52 #1532CA #CA158C

split-complementary

#CAAD15 #158CCA #5215CA

monochromatic

#5B4E09 #937E0F #CAAD15 #EACC32 #EFDA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CAAD15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CAAD15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD15

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD15	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.151 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc567',
    500: '#caad15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad15;
$custom-light: #dfc567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.387,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75089,
    "c": 0.15083,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD15

secondary

#6678D5

accent

#50F830

background

#FEFCF6

surface

#FDF8EB

border

#D5D1C6

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD15

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

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