#CAAD45#CAAD45

#CAAD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.126 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD45
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -1.16, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 55.53, 91.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0076 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.126 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3768, 42.8755, 11.7781)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD45 #4562CA

analogous

#CA6A45 #CAAD45 #A5CA45

triadic

#CAAD45 #45CAAD #AD45CA

tetradic

#CAAD45 #45CA6A #4562CA #CA45A5

square

#CAAD45 #45CA6A #4562CA #CA45A5

split-complementary

#CAAD45 #45A5CA #6A45CA

monochromatic

#746221 #A38A2F #CAAD45 #D8C275 #E5D7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#CAAD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD45

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD45	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)

#BEAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.126 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57d',
    500: '#caad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad45;
$custom-light: #dec57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75373,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD45

secondary

#99A5D2

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD45

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

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