#CAAD42#CAAD42

#CAAD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.128 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD42
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -1.34, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 56.80, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0085 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.128 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2861, 42.8392, 11.3000)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD42 #425FCA

analogous

#CA6942 #CAAD42 #A3CA42

triadic

#CAAD42 #42CAAD #AD42CA

tetradic

#CAAD42 #42CA69 #425FCA #CA42A3

square

#CAAD42 #42CA69 #425FCA #CA42A3

split-complementary

#CAAD42 #42A3CA #6942CA

monochromatic

#726020 #A2892D #CAAD42 #D7C272 #E5D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#CAAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD42

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD42	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	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)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.128 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57c',
    500: '#caad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad42;
$custom-light: #dec57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75346,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD42

secondary

#96A3D1

accent

#69DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD42

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

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