#CAAD40#CAAD40

#CAAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.130 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD40
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -1.45, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 57.63, 91.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0091 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.13 94)
XYZ	xyz(40.2281, 42.8160, 10.9949)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD40 #405DCA

analogous

#CA6840 #CAAD40 #A2CA40

triadic

#CAAD40 #40CAAD #AD40CA

tetradic

#CAAD40 #40CA68 #405DCA #CA40A2

square

#CAAD40 #40CA68 #405DCA #CA40A2

split-complementary

#CAAD40 #40A2CA #6840CA

monochromatic

#705F1F #A0882C #CAAD40 #D7C270 #E5D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CAAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#CAAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD40

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD40	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)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.130 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57b',
    500: '#caad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad40;
$custom-light: #dec57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75328,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.42814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD40

secondary

#95A1D1

accent

#68E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD40

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

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