#CAAD43#CAAD43

#CAAD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.128 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD43
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -1.28, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 56.38, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0082 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.128 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3158, 42.8511, 11.4567)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD43 #4360CA

analogous

#CA6943 #CAAD43 #A4CA43

triadic

#CAAD43 #43CAAD #AD43CA

tetradic

#CAAD43 #43CA69 #4360CA #CA43A4

square

#CAAD43 #43CA69 #4360CA #CA43A4

split-complementary

#CAAD43 #43A4CA #6943CA

monochromatic

#726120 #A2892E #CAAD43 #D7C273 #E5D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#CAAD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD43

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD43	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)

#BFAA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.128 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57c',
    500: '#caad43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad43;
$custom-light: #dec57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75355,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD43

secondary

#97A4D2

accent

#69DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD43

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

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