#CAAD38#CAAD38

#CAAD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.135 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD38
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -1.86, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 60.79, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0111 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.135 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0166, 42.7314, 9.8808)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD38 #3855CA

analogous

#CA6438 #CAAD38 #9ECA38

triadic

#CAAD38 #38CAAD #AD38CA

tetradic

#CAAD38 #38CA64 #3855CA #CA389E

square

#CAAD38 #38CA64 #3855CA #CA389E

split-complementary

#CAAD38 #389ECA #6438CA

monochromatic

#6B5B1D #9B8529 #CAAD38 #D7C168 #E4D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CAAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#CAAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD38

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD38	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.135 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec576',
    500: '#caad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad38;
$custom-light: #dec576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75264,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD38

secondary

#8E9BCF

accent

#65E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD38

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

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