#CAAD3D#CAAD3D

#CAAD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.132 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD3D
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -1.61, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 58.84, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0099 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.132 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1450, 42.7828, 10.5574)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD3D #3D5ACA

analogous

#CA673D #CAAD3D #A0CA3D

triadic

#CAAD3D #3DCAAD #AD3DCA

tetradic

#CAAD3D #3DCA67 #3D5ACA #CA3DA0

square

#CAAD3D #3DCA67 #3D5ACA #CA3DA0

split-complementary

#CAAD3D #3DA0CA #673DCA

monochromatic

#6E5E1E #9F872B #CAAD3D #D7C16D #E4D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CAAD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#CAAD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD3D

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD3D	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.132 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec579',
    500: '#caad3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad3d;
$custom-light: #dec579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75303,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD3D

secondary

#929FD0

accent

#67E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD3D

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

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