#CAAD3B#CAAD3B

#CAAD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.133 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD3B
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -1.71, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 59.64, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0104 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.133 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0922, 42.7617, 10.2789)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD3B #3B58CA

analogous

#CA653B #CAAD3B #9FCA3B

triadic

#CAAD3B #3BCAAD #AD3BCA

tetradic

#CAAD3B #3BCA65 #3B58CA #CA3B9F

square

#CAAD3B #3BCA65 #3B58CA #CA3B9F

split-complementary

#CAAD3B #3B9FCA #653BCA

monochromatic

#6D5D1E #9D862B #CAAD3B #D7C16B #E4D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CAAD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#CAAD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD3B

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD3B	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)

#BFAA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.133 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec578',
    500: '#caad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad3b;
$custom-light: #dec578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75287,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD3B

secondary

#919ED0

accent

#66E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD3B

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

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