#CAAD41#CAAD41

#CAAD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.129 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD41
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -1.39, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 57.21, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0088 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.129 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2568, 42.8275, 11.1461)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD41 #415ECA

analogous

#CA6841 #CAAD41 #A3CA41

triadic

#CAAD41 #41CAAD #AD41CA

tetradic

#CAAD41 #41CA68 #415ECA #CA41A3

square

#CAAD41 #41CA68 #415ECA #CA41A3

split-complementary

#CAAD41 #41A3CA #6841CA

monochromatic

#716020 #A1882D #CAAD41 #D7C271 #E5D6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CAAD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#CAAD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD41

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD41	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.129 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57b',
    500: '#caad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad41;
$custom-light: #dec57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75337,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD41

secondary

#96A2D1

accent

#68E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD41

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

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