#CAAD3A#CAAD3A

#CAAD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.134 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD3A
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -1.76, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 60.03, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0106 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.134 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0665, 42.7514, 10.1436)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD3A #3A57CA

analogous

#CA653A #CAAD3A #9FCA3A

triadic

#CAAD3A #3ACAAD #AD3ACA

tetradic

#CAAD3A #3ACA65 #3A57CA #CA3A9F

square

#CAAD3A #3ACA65 #3A57CA #CA3A9F

split-complementary

#CAAD3A #3A9FCA #653ACA

monochromatic

#6C5C1D #9D862A #CAAD3A #D7C16A #E4D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CAAD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#CAAD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD3A

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD3A	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)

#BFAA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.134 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec577',
    500: '#caad3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad3a;
$custom-light: #dec577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.917,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75279,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD3A

secondary

#909DD0

accent

#66E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD3A

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

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