#CAAD19#CAAD19

#CAAD19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.150 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD19
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 25)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 87.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -2.91, 70.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 70.15, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0168 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.15 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4784, 42.5162, 7.0466)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD19 #1936CA

analogous

#CA5419 #CAAD19 #8FCA19

triadic

#CAAD19 #19CAAD #AD19CA

tetradic

#CAAD19 #19CA54 #1936CA #CA198F

square

#CAAD19 #19CA54 #1936CA #CA198F

split-complementary

#CAAD19 #198FCA #5419CA

monochromatic

#5D500C #947E12 #CAAD19 #E7CA3A #EDD970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CAAD19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CAAD19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD19

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD19	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)

#C8B227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.150 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc569',
    500: '#caad19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad19;
$custom-light: #dfc569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.169,
    "s": 77.974,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75101,
    "c": 0.1497,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD19

secondary

#6B7CD4

accent

#53F433

background

#FEFCF6

surface

#FDF8EC

border

#D5D1C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD19

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

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