#CAAD47#CAAD47

#CAAD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.125 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD47
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 71)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 64.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -1.04, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 54.67, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.007 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.125 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4400, 42.9008, 12.1106)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD47 #4764CA

analogous

#CA6B47 #CAAD47 #A5CA47

triadic

#CAAD47 #47CAAD #AD47CA

tetradic

#CAAD47 #47CA6B #4764CA #CA47A5

square

#CAAD47 #47CA6B #4764CA #CA47A5

split-complementary

#CAAD47 #47A5CA #6B47CA

monochromatic

#756222 #A48B2F #CAAD47 #D8C277 #E5D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#CAAD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD47

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD47	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.125 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc57f',
    500: '#caad47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad47;
$custom-light: #ddc57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75392,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD47

secondary

#9AA7D2

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD47

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

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