#CAAD3C#CAAD3C

#CAAD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.133 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD3C
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -1.66, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 59.24, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0101 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.133 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1184, 42.7721, 10.4168)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD3C #3C59CA

analogous

#CA663C #CAAD3C #A0CA3C

triadic

#CAAD3C #3CCAAD #AD3CCA

tetradic

#CAAD3C #3CCA66 #3C59CA #CA3CA0

square

#CAAD3C #3CCA66 #3C59CA #CA3CA0

split-complementary

#CAAD3C #3CA0CA #663CCA

monochromatic

#6E5D1E #9E862B #CAAD3C #D7C16C #E4D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CAAD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#CAAD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD3C

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD3C	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)

#BFAA2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.133 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec578',
    500: '#caad3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad3c;
$custom-light: #dec578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75295,
    "c": 0.13254,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD3C

secondary

#929ED0

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD3C

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

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