#CAAD36#CAAD36

#CAAD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.136 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD36
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -1.95, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 61.55, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0116 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.136 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9686, 42.7123, 9.6284)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD36 #3653CA

analogous

#CA6336 #CAAD36 #9DCA36

triadic

#CAAD36 #36CAAD #AD36CA

tetradic

#CAAD36 #36CA63 #3653CA #CA369D

square

#CAAD36 #36CA63 #3653CA #CA369D

split-complementary

#CAAD36 #369DCA #6336CA

monochromatic

#6A5A1C #9A8429 #CAAD36 #D7C166 #E4D597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CAAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#CAAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD36

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD36	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.136 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec575',
    500: '#caad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad36;
$custom-light: #dec575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.243,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7525,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD36

secondary

#8D9ACF

accent

#65E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD36

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

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