#CAAD3E#CAAD3E

#CAAD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.131 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD3E
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -1.56, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 58.44, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0096 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.131 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1722, 42.7937, 10.7005)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD3E #3E5BCA

analogous

#CA673E #CAAD3E #A1CA3E

triadic

#CAAD3E #3ECAAD #AD3ECA

tetradic

#CAAD3E #3ECA67 #3E5BCA #CA3EA1

square

#CAAD3E #3ECA67 #3E5BCA #CA3EA1

split-complementary

#CAAD3E #3EA1CA #673ECA

monochromatic

#6F5E1F #9F872C #CAAD3E #D7C16E #E4D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CAAD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#CAAD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD3E

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD3E	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)

#BFAA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.131 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec579',
    500: '#caad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad3e;
$custom-light: #dec579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75311,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD3E

secondary

#93A0D1

accent

#67E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD3E

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

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