#CAAD46#CAAD46

#CAAD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.125 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD46
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -1.10, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 55.10, 91.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0073 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.125 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4081, 42.8880, 11.9430)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD46 #4663CA

analogous

#CA6B46 #CAAD46 #A5CA46

triadic

#CAAD46 #46CAAD #AD46CA

tetradic

#CAAD46 #46CA6B #4663CA #CA46A5

square

#CAAD46 #46CA6B #4663CA #CA46A5

split-complementary

#CAAD46 #46A5CA #6B46CA

monochromatic

#746221 #A48A2F #CAAD46 #D8C276 #E5D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#CAAD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD46

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD46	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)

#BEAA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.125 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc57e',
    500: '#caad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad46;
$custom-light: #ddc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75383,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD46

secondary

#9AA6D2

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD46

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

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