#CAAD39#CAAD39

#CAAD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.135 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD39
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -1.81, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 60.41, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0109 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.135 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0413, 42.7413, 10.0109)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD39 #3956CA

analogous

#CA6439 #CAAD39 #9ECA39

triadic

#CAAD39 #39CAAD #AD39CA

tetradic

#CAAD39 #39CA64 #3956CA #CA399E

square

#CAAD39 #39CA64 #3956CA #CA399E

split-complementary

#CAAD39 #399ECA #6439CA

monochromatic

#6C5C1D #9C852A #CAAD39 #D7C169 #E4D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CAAD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#CAAD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD39

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD39	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)

#BFAA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.135 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec577',
    500: '#caad39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad39;
$custom-light: #dec577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75272,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD39

secondary

#8F9CD0

accent

#66E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD39

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

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