#CAAD37#CAAD37

#CAAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.136 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD37
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -1.91, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 61.17, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0114 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.136 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9924, 42.7217, 9.7533)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD37 #3754CA

analogous

#CA6337 #CAAD37 #9ECA37

triadic

#CAAD37 #37CAAD #AD37CA

tetradic

#CAAD37 #37CA63 #3754CA #CA379E

square

#CAAD37 #37CA63 #3754CA #CA379E

split-complementary

#CAAD37 #379ECA #6337CA

monochromatic

#6A5B1C #9B8429 #CAAD37 #D7C167 #E4D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CAAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#CAAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD37

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD37	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)

#BFAA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.136 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec576',
    500: '#caad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad37;
$custom-light: #dec576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75257,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD37

secondary

#8E9BCF

accent

#65E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD37

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

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