#CAAD3F#CAAD3F

#CAAD3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.130 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD3F
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 63)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 68.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -1.50, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 58.03, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0093 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.13 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1999, 42.8048, 10.8464)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD3F #3F5CCA

analogous

#CA683F #CAAD3F #A2CA3F

triadic

#CAAD3F #3FCAAD #AD3FCA

tetradic

#CAAD3F #3FCA68 #3F5CCA #CA3FA2

square

#CAAD3F #3FCA68 #3F5CCA #CA3FA2

split-complementary

#CAAD3F #3FA2CA #683FCA

monochromatic

#705F1F #A0882C #CAAD3F #D7C16F #E4D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CAAD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#CAAD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD3F

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD3F	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)

#BFAA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.130 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57a',
    500: '#caad3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad3f;
$custom-light: #dec57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7532,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD3F

secondary

#94A1D1

accent

#68E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD3F

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

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