#CAAD44#CAAD44

#CAAD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.127 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD44
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -1.22, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 55.95, 91.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0079 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.127 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3461, 42.8632, 11.6160)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD44 #4461CA

analogous

#CA6A44 #CAAD44 #A4CA44

triadic

#CAAD44 #44CAAD #AD44CA

tetradic

#CAAD44 #44CA6A #4461CA #CA44A4

square

#CAAD44 #44CA6A #4461CA #CA44A4

split-complementary

#CAAD44 #44A4CA #6A44CA

monochromatic

#736121 #A3892E #CAAD44 #D8C274 #E5D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#CAAD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD44

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD44	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)

#BFAA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.127 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57d',
    500: '#caad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad44;
$custom-light: #dec57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75364,
    "c": 0.12683,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD44

secondary

#98A4D2

accent

#69DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD44

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

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